Both Uses
conjecture
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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- Why master was so careful of her, may be safely left to conjecture.†
Chpt 1 *
- Such being my conjectures, any one acquainted with the appearance of New Bedford may very readily infer how palpably I must have seen my mistake.†
Chpt 11conjectures = guesses (opinions based on inconclusive evidence)
Definitions:
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(1)
(conjecture) a conclusion or opinion based on inconclusive evidence; or the act of forming of such a conclusion or opinionA conjecture can be widely believed, but the word is also frequently used to imply that evidence is insufficient to support a belief.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)