All 4 Uses of
conjecture
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Perhaps he was going to Greenwich, or ...but Marguerite ceased to conjecture; all would be explained anon: he said that he would come back, and that he would remember.†
Chpt 18 *
- She was in terror of showing herself, lest Chauvelin's spies happened to be about, so she had a private sitting-room, and she and Sir Andrew sat there hour after hour, trying to take, at long intervals, some perfunctory meals, which little Sally would bring them, with nothing to do but to think, to conjecture, and only occasionally to hope.†
Chpt 22
- She could not even remotely conjecture.†
Chpt 24
- Two strangers perhaps, to get a drink, or ... But she had not time to conjecture, for presently there was a peremptory call at the door, and the next moment it was violently open from the outside, whilst a rough, commanding voice shouted,— "Hey!†
Chpt 24
Definition:
a conclusion or opinion based on inconclusive evidence; or the act of forming of such a conclusion or opinion
A conjecture can be widely believed, but the word is also frequently used to imply that evidence is insufficient to support a belief.