All 3 Uses
infer
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue
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- He makes, in silence, a host of observations and inferences.†
*inferences = things concluded or guessed by reasoning
- So, perhaps, do his companions; and the difference in the extent of the information obtained, lies not so much in the validity of the inference as in the quality of the observation.†
inference = conclusion (reached by reasoning)
- Neither Asiatics nor Africans abound in Paris; but, without denying the inference, I will now merely call your attention to three points.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(infer) to figure out or guess by reasoning
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)