All 5 Uses of
infer
in
Emma
- "Certainly," replied he, surprized, "I do not absolutely know it; but it may be inferred.†
Chpt 1.7-8
- Their road to this detached cottage was down Vicarage Lane, a lane leading at right angles from the broad, though irregular, main street of the place; and, as may be inferred, containing the blessed abode of Mr. Elton.†
Chpt 1.9-10 *
- With Tuesday came the agreeable prospect of seeing him again, and for a longer time than hitherto; of judging of his general manners, and by inference, of the meaning of his manners towards herself; of guessing how soon it might be necessary for her to throw coldness into her air; and of fancying what the observations of all those might be, who were now seeing them together for the first time.†
Chpt 2.7-8
- If he were quite sincere, if he really tried to come, it was to be inferred that Mrs. Churchill's removal to London had been of no service to the wilful or nervous part of her disorder.†
Chpt 3.1-2
- —Much that lived in Harriet's memory, many little particulars of the notice she had received from him, a look, a speech, a removal from one chair to another, a compliment implied, a preference inferred, had been unnoticed, because unsuspected, by Emma.†
Chpt 3.11-12
Definition:
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(infer) to figure out or guess by reasoning