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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