Both Uses
surmise
in
The Devil and Tom Walker
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- What these conditions were may be easily surmised, though Tom never disclosed them publicly.†
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- Some asserted that she lost her way among the tangled mazes of the swamp, and sank into some pit or slough; others, more uncharitable, hinted that she had eloped with the household booty, and made off to some other province; while others surmised that the tempter had decoyed her into a dismal quagmire, on the top of which her hat was found lying.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(surmise) to guess something is true or form an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)