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   Sur·mise

   verb

   • 1. suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it: "he surmised that something must be wrong"

   noun

   • 1. a supposition that something may be true, even though there is no evidence to confirm it: "Charles was glad to have his surmise confirmed"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the senses ‘formal allegation’ and ‘allege formally’): from Anglo-Norman French and Old French surmise, feminine past participle of surmettre ‘accuse’, from late Latin supermittere ‘put in afterward’, from super- ‘over’ + mittere ‘send’.

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