Both Uses of
surmise
in
Bleak House
- Then I told him all about Mr. Guppy, who I feared might have had his vague surmises when I little understood his meaning, but in whose silence after our last interview I expressed perfect confidence.†
Chpt 43-45
- It is thought better that his old housekeeper should give him Lady Dedlock's letter, the contents of which no one knows or can surmise.†
Chpt 55-57 *
Definition:
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(surmise) to conclude something is true based on incomplete evidence