Talk:surmise

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Quotations from Wikisource:

• To consider; reckon; conjecture; surmise.
• He would thus be the “Petrus Civis Romanus” whose name is inscribed on the shrine; but a comparison of dates invalidates this surmise.
• DWIGHT, JOHN (d. 1703), the first distinguished English potter. One can only surmise as to his parentage, and the date of his birth has been variously given from 1637 to 1640.
• During his life he contributed freely to charitable and religious purposes from the considerable wealth he amassed either by the practice of his craft, or, as some surmise without definite proof, by fortunate speculation or money lending, or, as legend has it, by alchemy.
• His surname was borne by persons of humble station at Calverstown, Co. Kildare, which, coupled with his familiarity with the Eustaces of Baltinglas, may give colour to a surmise that he was a native of that district.
• This opinion, however, is merely a surmise, which may or may not be the case.
• The upshot of the expedition was to verify Newton’s surmise, that a “most serene and quiet air . . . may perhaps be found on the tops of the highest mountains above the grosser clouds.”
• The author desired to make his work scientific but it appears that he had not prosecuted this study very far before he found that important facts were lacking and that in making his conclusions and suggestions he would have to rely upon faith that what he may surmise may in the future prove to be true, although some modification may be necessary.
• Now this is a mere libellous surmise.
• certain passages in the "Contra Gentiles" would justify the surmise that St. Thomas had perhaps a firsthand acquaintance with the "Epistola Expeditionis".
• It has been surmised that he was in France during the lifetime of the great elephant sent by Haroun Al Raschid to Charlemagne. If this surmise were true, he must have been there between the years 802 and 810 A.D.,
• If it is true, as I surmise, that "alcohol" is a word of the Arabs, it is interesting to realise that our general word for the essence of wine and beer and such things comes from a people which has made particular war upon them.
• I do not know if I see or if I surmise, but something moves,
• “I gather,” he said, “that you two children wish to get married. Do I surmise correctly?”
• If, as I surmise, you see the ladies this evening, you might mention my intended visit.
• What happens on the records of Divinington, I do not know, but I surmise that the registry of that Adjuster is removed to the secret circles of the inner courts of Grandfanda, the acting head of the Corps of the Finality.
• 'Was your uncle a religious man?' 'I could not say. I surmise not.

Dan Polansky (talk) 11:49, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

Surmisal?

This entry doesn't list "surmisal" as an attested noun form of "surmise". Yet Wictionary lists it as a separate word: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/surmisal. I don't care for "surmisal" when "surmise" is a perfectly good noun, but I assume it should be included here. - Blanchette (talk) 20:54, 29 March 2023 (UTC)