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English Dictionary: conjecture	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
conjecture n a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture" Synonym(s): speculation, conjecture a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence Synonym(s): guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence v to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" Synonym(s): speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conjecture \Conjec"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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conjecture \Conjec"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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conjecture \Con*jec"ture\, v. i. To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.