surmise
Definition: To conjecture; guess; think of without much evidence
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The Jewel of Seven Stars - By Bram Stoker
...I do not think this is likely; and circumstances, other than those which I have myself been investigating, may prove that this surmise is not correct, But in the meantime it is possible; and must, therefore, till it be disproved, be kept within our purview . "...
Dracula - By Bram Stoker, Philip M. Parker, Poul Glargaard
...Secondly we must see, as well as we can surmise it fronj the facts we know of, what he has done here ....
Barchester Towers - By Anthony Trollope, Michael Sadleir
...But then, could there be any ground for so dreadful a surmise ?...
Lady Baltimore - By Owen Wister
...That I ordered china, instead of silver, was due to my surmise that in Kings Port--or at any rate by Mrs. Weguelin and Miss Josephine St. Michael--silver from any one not of the family would be considered vulgar; it was only a surmise, and, of course, it was precisely the sort of thing that I could not verify by asking any of them ....
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu - By Sax Rohmer
...One can only surmise that it exists, although such a surmise is a fairly safe one, and the entrance to the subterranean portion of the building is situated beyond doubt in the wine cellar ....
The Adventures of Captain Horn - By Frank Richard Stockton
...This surmise was correct; for in a very short time the-anchor went down with a splash ....
Dreamers of the Ghetto - By Israel Zangwill
...for his wonderful son spread outwards, and Sabbatai became the object of a wistful worship, of a wild surmise ....
In the Roar of the Sea - By Sabine Baring-Gould
...A dim surmise--a surmise she was ashamed to allow could be true--rose in her mind and thrilled her with alarm ....
All about the Merry Tales of Gotham - By Alfred Stapleton
...Mr. Hazlitt, in a note at page 8 of the " Additions, " at the end of the third volume of the " Shakespeare Jest Books, " gives expression to a surmise that the " Tales " were ` first printed, perhaps, ate early as 1540 . "...
The Frobishers - By Sabine Baring-Gould
...She had no real foundation for such a surmise other than the words of the telegram, but she had no trust in her uncle 's probity ....
Tales of a Traveler - By Washington Irving
...I surmise, " said the shrewd old gentleman with the waggish nose, " I surmise the ghost must have been the old housekeeper, walking her rounds to see that all was right . " "...
Pride & Prejudice - By Jane Austen
...That is not an unnatural surmise, ' said Fitzwilliam; ' but it is lessening the honor of my cousin 's triumph very sadly . '...
The Scarlet Letter - By Nathaniel Hawthorne, Joseph Hatton
...What imagination would have been irreverent enough to surmise that the same scorching stigma was on them both ' 18...
Wuthering Heights - By Emily Bront
...Mrs. Heathcliff is my daughter-in-law, `` said Heathcliff, corroborating my surmise ....
A Tale of Two Cities - By Charles Dickens, Frederick S Boas, T. H. Allen
...Mr. Lorry was already out when he got back, and it was easy to surmise where the good old man was gone ....
The count of Monte-Cristo - By Alexandre Dumas
...This strange event served to find food for wonder and curiosity in the neighborhood of the Allées de Meillan, and a multitude of various conjectures were afloat as to the probable cause of the house being so suddenly and mysteriously disposed of; but each surmise seemed to wander farther and farther from the truth ....
Emma - By Jane Austen
...-- To that surmise you say nothing, of course : but confess, Emma, that you did want him to marry Harriet . ' '...