Definition of Conjecture. Meaning of Conjecture. Synonyms of Conjecture
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Definition of Conjecture
Conjecture Conjecture Con*jec"ture (; 135?), n. [L. conjectura, fr.
conjicere, conjectum, to throw together, infer, conjecture;
con- + jacere to throw: cf. F. conjecturer. See Jet a
shooting forth.]
An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive
evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.
He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first
loose conjecture by a real study of nature. --Whewell.
Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. --Milton.
Conjecture Conjecture Con*jec"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conjectured; p.
pr. & vb. n. Conjecturing.] [Cf. F. conjecturer. Cf.
Conject.]
To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to
surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning.
Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what
will be. --South.
Conjecture Conjecture Con*jec"ture, v. i.
To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form
an opinion; to imagine.
