All 3 Uses of
infer
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Something had gone wrong with him; at least, so Young Jerry inferred, from the circumstance of his holding Mrs. Cruncher by the ears, and knocking the back of her head against the head-board of the bed.†
Chpt 2.14 *inferred = concluded or guessed by reasoning
- I infer," glancing at his hands again, "in the resumption of some old pursuit connected with the shock?"†
Chpt 2.19infer = conclude or guess by reasoning
- Inference clear as day in this region of suspicion, that Mr. Barsad, still in the pay of the aristocratic English government, is the spy of Pitt, the treacherous foe of the Republic crouching in its bosom, the English traitor and agent of all mischief so much spoken of and so difficult to find.†
Chpt 3.8inference = conclusion (reached by reasoning)
Definition:
to figure out or guess by reasoning