All 5 Uses of
infer
in
The Scarlet Letter
- But, in that early severity of the Puritan character, an inference of this kind could not so indubitably be drawn.
p. 47.5inference = conclusion (reached by reasoning)
- On the other hand, a penalty which, in our days, would infer a degree of mocking infamy and ridicule, might then be invested with almost as stern a dignity as the punishment of death itself.
p. 48.1infer = suggest
- When such personages could constitute a part of the spectacle, without risking the majesty, or reverence of rank and office, it was safely to be inferred that the infliction of a legal sentence would have an earnest and effectual meaning.
p. 54.3inferred = concluded
- With her knowledge of a train of circumstances hidden from all others, she could readily infer that, besides the legitimate action of his own conscience, a terrible machinery had been brought to bear, and was still operating, on Mr. Dimmesdale's well-being and repose.
p. 147.4 *infer = conclude
- Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred!
p. 242.1inferred = guessed by reasoning
Definition:
to figure out or guess by reasoning