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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

He probably surmised that if he bided his time until August, the Teklanika would subside enough to be crossed.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

surmised = thought without really knowing

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

surmise = guess based on incomplete knowledge

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
Few of the mourners knew them, a few others surmised who they were, but most had no idea.
Boris Pasternak -- Doctor Zhivago
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
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
"You like him," I surmised from the tone of his voice.
Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
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

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