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

surmise \surmise"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. surmised; p. pr. 
   vb. n. surmising.
   to imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight
   grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.
   1913 webster

         it wafted nearer yet, and then she knew
         that what before she but surmised, was true. --dryden.
   1913 webster

         this change was not wrought by altering the form or
         position of the earth, as was surmised by a very
         learned man, but by dissolving it.       --woodward.
   1913 webster
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