Both Uses of
speculate
in
Frankenstein
- In the Sorrows of Werter, besides the interest of its simple and affecting story, so many opinions are canvassed and so many lights thrown upon what had hitherto been to me obscure subjects that I found in it a never-ending source of speculation and astonishment.
Chpt 15 *speculation = thought
- All my speculations and hopes are as nothing, and like the archangel who aspired to omnipotence, I am chained in an eternal hell.
Chpt 24speculations = thoughts
Definition:
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(speculate as in: don't know, but I'll speculate) to think about, wonder, guess or theorize with much uncertainty