First Known Use: 1569
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1surmise
noun sur·mise \sər-ˈmīz, ˈsər-ˌ\
Definition of SURMISE
: a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture
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Origin of SURMISE
Middle English, allegation, charge, from Anglo-French, from feminine of surmis, past participle of surmettre to place on, suppose, accuse, from Medieval Latin supermittere, from Late Latin, to place on, from Latin super- + mittere to let go, send
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- guess, shot, supposition, conjecture
Rhymes with SURMISE
abscise, advise, apprise, apprize, arise, assize, baptize, bite-size, breadthwise, capsize, chastise, clockwise, coastwise, cognize, comprise, crabwise, crack wise, crosswise, demise, despise, devise, disguise, disprize, door prize, downsize, earthrise, edgewise, emprise, endwise, excise, fanwise, franchise, full-size, grecize, high-rise, incise, king-size, leastwise, lengthwise, Levi's, life-size, likewise, low-rise, man-size, mid-rise, midsize, misprize, moonrise, nowise, outsize, piecewise, pint-size, premise, quantize, queen-size, remise, reprise, revise, rightsize, slantwise, streetwise, stylize, suffice, sunrise, surprise, trim size, twin-size, unwise, uprise
2surmise
transitive verb sur·mise \sər-ˈmīz\
: to form an opinion about something without definitely knowing the truth
sur·misedsur·mis·ing
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See surmise defined for kids Origin of SURMISE
Middle English, to allege, from surmise, noun
First Known Use: 1700
SURMISE Defined for Kids
1surmise
noun sur·mise \sər-ˈmīz\
Definition of SURMISE for Kids
: a thought or idea based on very little evidence : guess
2surmise
verb
sur·misedsur·mis·ing
Definition of SURMISE for Kids
: to form an idea on very little evidence : guess
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