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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
speculate \spec"ulate\, v. i. imp. p. p. speculated; p.
pr. vb. n. speculating. l. speculatus, p. p. of
speculari to spy out, observe, fr. specula a lookout, fr.
specere to look. see spy.
1. to consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing
it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to
contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in
religion; to speculate on political events.
1913 webster
it is remarkable that persons who speculate the most
boldly often conform with the most pefect quietude
to the external regulations of society. --hawthorne.
1913 webster
2. philos. to view subjects from certain premises given or
assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori.
1913 webster
3. com. to purchase with the expectation of a contingent
advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; --
often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or
hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in
sugar, or in bank stock.
1913 webster
see also:
speculated speculating spy
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USATODAY.com - Senator 'outraged' by reaction to prisoner abuse
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/shapiro/2004-05-11-hype_x.htm, score=100, date indexed=January 30, 2006, 7:31 pm The voice of M. Atta sounds Israeli - Forums powered by Reason and Principle
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http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=news_members&Number=292721860&page=0&view=&sb=&o=&vc=1&t=-1, score=68, date indexed=January 11, 2006, 2:30 pm Google Changes Policy For Affiliates - ReveNews - Wayne Porter, Sr. Director ...
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http://www.revenews.com/wayneporter/archives/000337.html, score=61, date indexed=January 10, 2006, 3:15 pm Nopeming future speculated (Proctor, Minnesota) 01-05-2005
...Nopeming future speculated. Proctor Journal When Nopeming is sold, ... speculated ... ..
http://www.proctormn.com/placed/story/01-05-2005nopeloing.html, score=61, date indexed=November 15, 2005, 6:56 am CNN.com - '200 MPs' could defy Blair - Mar. 9, 2003
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/03/09/sprj.irq.blair.rebels/, score=59, date indexed=November 21, 2005, 1:05 am Commodity Options : Speculated Profit With Limited Risk
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http://www.cyberhaven.com/businessbooks/investing3/1883272017AMUS194328.shtml, score=57, date indexed=January 5, 2006, 6:52 am 1892-1916 DIME BARBER
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http://www.coinsite.com/CoinSite-PF/PParticles/10cbarbr.htm, score=53, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 11:53 am Google Dance Syndrome Strikes Again
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http://www.searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3114531, score=53, date indexed=January 10, 2006, 5:16 pm National Post
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http://www.nationalpost.com/search/story.html?f=/stories/20020429/63600.html&qs=, score=51, date indexed=November 17, 2005, 10:43 am
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