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To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slightgrounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew That what before she butsurmised, was true. Dryden.This change was not wrought by altering the form or position of theearth, as was surmised by a very learned man, but by dissolving it.Woodward.
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