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Definition
to figure out or guess by reasoning
- The natural inference was, that he had sent to Dr. Flint a copy of those fragments.36 — The Hairbreadth Escape (42% in)
- I don't know whether the pleasing face of my little girl had won his heart, or whether the stewardess inferred from Lawyer Hopper's manner that I was a fugitive, and had pleaded with him in my behalf.36 — The Hairbreadth Escape (89% in)
There are no more uses of "infer" in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
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