Both Uses of
surmise
in
A Separate Peace
- ... we surmised that the crisis over the leadership of the Free French would be resolved by the appointment of neither de Gaulle nor Giraud but Lepellier;
p. 126.9 *surmised = formed the opinion
- He paused, surveying us with the kind of wide-eyed surmise Mr. Carhart always used at this point, and then added in Mr. Carhart's urbane murmur, "Let us pray."
p. 167.2surmise = formation of an opinion
Definition:
to guess something is true or form an opinion based on incomplete evidence