Antonyms for surmise

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : verb ser-mahyz; noun ser-mahyz, sur-mahyz

Phonetic Transcription : verb sərˈmaɪz; noun sərˈmaɪz, ˈsɜr maɪz

Definition of surmise

Origin : c.1400, "to charge, allege," from Old French surmis, past participle of surmettre "to accuse," from sur- "upon" (see sur-) + mettre "put," from Latin mittere "to send" (see mission). Meaning "to infer conjecturally" is recorded from 1700. Related: Surmised; surmising.

noun guess, conclusion
verb come to a conclusion

Example sentences :

But since you ask for my opinion, you must tell me all you know or surmise of their inducements.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

For what purpose this umbrella may have been carried we can only surmise.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 9, 1870 » by Various

With her appearance at C——-, commenced all that surmise could invent.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"You are quite right in that surmise also," answered Miss Jennie.
Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr

It is not difficult to surmise to what enterprises the President referred.
Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee

What danger she might at this moment be facing, he could only surmise.
Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks

Some surmise that a fly not unlike the tsetse-fly of Africa killed them out.
Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker

However, he had no time to surmise or even reply to her greeting.
Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

The surmise that Galusha Bangs was a "nut" became a conviction.
Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln

The servants, too, must not know or surmise what had happened or the reason for it.
Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for surmise

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