All 4 Uses of
surmise
in
Mansfield Park
- It was imputed to very reasonable weariness, and she was thanked and pitied; but she deserved their pity more than she hoped they would ever surmise.†
Chpt 18
- Fanny's heart beat quick, and she felt quite unequal to surmising or soliciting anything more.†
Chpt 22 *
- It is not possible but that you must have had some thoughts on the subject, some surmises as to what might be.†
Chpt 36
- Say not a word of it; hear nothing, surmise nothing, whisper nothing till I write again.†
Chpt 46
Definition:
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(surmise) to conclude something is true based on incomplete evidence