Dictionary entry

Conjecture (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

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