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Surmising definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SURMI'SING, ppr. Suspecting; imagining upon slight evidence.
SURMI'SING, n. The act of suspecting; surmise; as evil surmisings. 1 Timothy 6.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Surmise Sur*mise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surmised; p. pr. & vb. n. Surmising.] To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess. It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew That what before she but surmised, was true. --Dryden. This change was not wrought by altering the form or position of the earth, as was surmised by a very learned man, but by dissolving it. --Woodward.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Surmising Sur*mis"ing, a. & n. from Surmise, v.