Surmisal: alternatives and connections

The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.

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That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; sett…

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The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Saw.

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Saw.

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Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural; supposed.

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Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural; supposed.

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Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supp…

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Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supp…

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An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.

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To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.

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A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point i…

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The act of speculating.

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The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved.

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A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy.

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