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a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence;
or: infer from incomplete evidence;
or: imagine to be the case or true or probable
or: infer from incomplete evidence;
or: imagine to be the case or true or probable
- It was easy to make my further arrangements; for I was troubled with no inquiries — no surmises.Chapter 36 (17% in)
- Mrs. Fairfax surmised that he was gone to make arrangements for his wedding, as he had talked of purchasing a new carriage: she said the idea of his marrying Miss Ingram still seemed strange to her; but from what everybody said, and from what she had herself seen, she could no longer doubt that the event would shortly take place.Chapter 22 (34% in)
There are no more uses of "surmise" in Jane Eyre.
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