meaning of surmise
1. A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy.
2. Reflection; thought.
3. To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.
4. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
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