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a conclusion or opinion based on inconclusive evidence; or the act of forming of such a conclusion or opinion
- Charles and Henrietta returned, bringing, as may be conjectured, Charles Hayter with them.Chapter 10 (70% in)
- She had before conjectured him to be a stranger like themselves, and determined that a well-looking groom, who was strolling about near the two inns as they came back, should be his servant.Chapter 12 (17% in)
- "Upon my word," said she, "I should not have supposed that my opinion of any one could have admitted of such difference of conjecture, steady and matter of fact as I may call myself.Chapter 14 (50% in)
There are no more uses of "conjecture" in Persuasion.
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