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Definition
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence;or: infer from incomplete evidence;
or: imagine to be the case or true or probable
- Never surmise I have not seen him with my very eyes, and often, on the field.Homer -- The Iliad
- He merely surmises that there is some strain of dog in White Fang; but as he will tell you himself, he knows nothing about it.Jack London -- White Fang
- But we can use our imagination" we can look upon what he subsequently did and surmise.Richard Wright -- Native Son
- What imagination would have been irreverent enough to surmise that the same scorching stigma was on them both!Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter
- That's how we surmise it was discovered from the surface.Christopher Paolini -- Eragon
- She hadn't written for ages; probably, I surmised, she had grown tired of being the mistress of a man sentenced to death.Albert Camus -- The Stranger
- It was easy to make my further arrangements; for I was troubled with no inquiries — no surmises.Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre
- I didn't hear the front door open, so I surmised that she had retreated to the living MOM.Nicholas Sparks -- Dear John
- He probably surmised that if he bided his time until August, the Teklanika would subside enough to be crossed.Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
- Few of the mourners knew them, a few others surmised who they were, but most had no idea.Boris Pasternak -- Doctor Zhivago
- From the moment I telephoned news of the catastrophe to West Egg village, every surmise about him, and every practical question, was referred to me.F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby
- 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.Charles Dickens -- Bleak House
- Mr. Lorry was already out when he got back, and it was easy to surmise where the good old man was gone.Charles Dickens -- A Tale of Two Cities
- "You like him," I surmised from the tone of his voice.Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
- It was a sleepy little town, and she surmised that an event like this was probably the highlight of the year.Nicholas Sparks -- Safe Haven
- Hallorann had flown enough to be able to surmise what had happened.Stephen King -- The Shining
- Friends, this long hour I wait on Fortune's eyes, And strain my senses in a hot surmise What passeth on that hill.Euripides -- Medea
- Sir Pitt instantly guessed the truth and surmised that Lord Steyne was the person whose life Rawdon wished to take.William Makepeace Thackeray -- Vanity Fair
- There is no plan B. "Seems pretty risky," Mack surmised.William P. Young -- The Shack
- He surmised that the sound came from Eusabio's house, and that his friend was at home.Willa Cather -- Death Comes for the Archbishop