[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

conjecture \conjec"ture\, v. i.
   to make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form
   an opinion; to imagine.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

conjecture \conjec"ture\ ; 135?, n. l. conjectura, fr.
   conjicere, conjectum, to throw together, infer, conjecture;
   con- + jacere to throw: cf. f. conjecturer. see jet a
   shooting forth.
   an opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive
   evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.
   1913 webster

         he herodotus would thus have corrected his first
         loose conjecture by a real study of nature. --whewell.
   1913 webster

         conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. --milton.
   1913 webster
see also:
jet 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

conjecture \conjec"ture\, v. t. imp.  p. p. conjectured; p.
   pr.  vb. n. conjecturing. cf. f. conjecturer. cf.
   conject.
   to arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to
   surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning.
   1913 webster

         human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what
         will be.                                 --south.
   1913 webster
see also:
conjectured conjecturing conject 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

conjecture
     n 1: a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or
          conjecturing usually with little hard evidence;
          "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he
          dismissed it as mere conjecture" syn: speculation
     2: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
        syn: guess, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation,
         hypothesis
     3: reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from
        incomplete evidence
     v : to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;
         "scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in
         swamps" syn: speculate, theorize, theorise, hypothesize,
          hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
see also:
speculation guess supposition surmise surmisal hypothesis 
speculate theorize theorise hypothesize hypothesise 
hypothecate suppose 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

56 moby thesaurus words for "conjecture":
   assume, assumption, axiom, believe, blind guess, bold conjecture,
   conceive, conclude, deem, estimate, expect, fancy, feel, gather,
   give a guess, glean, guess, guesswork, hazard a conjecture, hunch,
   hypothesis, imagine, infer, inference, judge, perhaps, postulate,
   postulation, postulatum, premise, presume, presumption,
   presupposal, presupposition, pretend, proposition, risk assuming,
   rough guess, set of postulates, shot, speculation, stab, supposal,
   suppose, supposing, supposition, surmise, suspect,
   take for granted, tentatively suggest, thesis, think,
   unverified supposition, venture a guess, wild guess,
   working hypothesis

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