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1. Verb

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

2. Verb

To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive.

3. Verb

To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs.

4. Verb

To hit upon or reproduce by memory.

5. Verb

To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause.

6. Verb

To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc.

7. Noun

An opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds; an attempt to hit upon the truth by a random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise.

8. Verb

guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"
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