† conjectn.

Etymology: < Latin conjectus (u- stem) casting, cast, < participial stem of conjicĕre : see conject v.

Obsolete. rare.

Device, contrivance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient

costOE

craftOE

custc1275

ginc1275

devicec1290

enginec1300

quaintisec1300

contrevurec1330

castc1340

knackc1369

findinga1382

wilea1400

conject14..

skiftc1400

policy?1406

subtilityc1410

policec1450

conjecturea1464

industry1477

invention1516

cunning1526

shift1530

compass1540

chevisance1548

trade1550

tour1558

fashion1562

invent?1567

expediment1571

trick1573

ingeny1588

machine1595

lock1598

contrival1602

contrivement1611

artifice1620

recipea1643

ingenuity1651

expedient1653

contrivance1661

excogitation1664

mechanism1669

expediency1683

stroke1699

spell1728

management1736

manoeuvre1769

move1794

wrinkle1817

dodge1842

jigamaree1847

quiff1881

kink1889

lurk1916

gadget1920

fastie1931

ploy1940

14.. Epiph. in Tundale's Vis. 108 They schall askape..For all the conjecte of thy prynces wyse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

† conjectv.

/kənˈdʒɛkt/

Forms: Also Middle English congette, coniette; past tense coniecte.

Etymology: < Latin conjectāre to cast together, conjecture, guess, conclude, infer, frequentative of conjicĕre (participial stem conject- ) to throw together, etc., < con- together + jacĕre to throw. In sense 3, congette, from the French form congete-r, was used by Caxton and his contemporaries.

Obsolete.

1. = conjecture v. 3.

a. transitive (or with object clause.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > conjecture, guess [verb (transitive)]

readOE

ettlec1275

divine1362

areadc1374

conjectc1374

aima1382

imaginec1405

supposec1405

imagine1477

conjecture1530

guessa1535

harpa1616

foreguess1640

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. vi. 27 I coniecte þat þere lakkeþ I not what.

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) i. sig. Aij/1 What so euer ony man wyll coniecte. feyne. ymagyne. suppose or saye.

1523 Earl of Surrey in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 38 What I conject the seid Duke woll doo.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxiv. sig. hiv If they wyl coniecte histories to be lyes.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 493/1 Some Writers haue laboured to coniect the true cause.

1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia iii. iii. xvi. 161 We may coniect the reason of these ballances.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §71 175 How far he was disposed to join with the Party..we may conject.

b. intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > form conjectures, guess [verb (intransitive)]

divine1362

supposea1393

conjecta1425

guessc1535

rove1551

level1580

conjecture1587

to harp at1611

to venture at1623

to make a shot1840

reach1952

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ezek. xxi. 19 He shal coniecte [1382 gesse] in the heed of the weie of the citee.

1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Coniectura Aberrare coniectura, to coniect wrong.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 154 One that so imperfectly coniects [1623 conceits] .

c. To form the hypothesis, suppose. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > form a hypothesis [verb (intransitive)]

conject1588

case1647

hypothesize1738

1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Fv Coniect in your owne imagination, that this..shoppe were a person Debitor.

2. transitive. To forecast by signs, augur, divine, prognosticate. Also absol.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > augury, divination from omens > augur, divine from omens [verb (intransitive)]

conject1496

halsen1587

preominate1594

augurize1596

augur1599

signa1616

ominate1637

augurate1642

conjecture1652

auspicate1848

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > augury, divination from omens > augur, divine from omens [verb (transitive)]

conjecturec1384

conject1496

augurate1571

augur1593

augurize1596

ominate1599

portend1605

ariolate1652

tell1891

1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. xxv. 60/2 By faynynge & falshode coniecte & tell to the people thynges that ben to come.

1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Auguro..to tell by diuination what shall happen: to diuine: to coniect.

1582 in Bible (Rheims) 2 Thess. ii. 2 (note) Some [haue] presumed to calculate and coniect by the starres.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxi. 165 Conjecting his death by sundrie presaging tokens.

3. To contrive, devise, plan, plot.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)]

forethinkc897

bethinka1225

compass1297

contrivec1330

ordain1340

conjectc1380

imaginec1380

cast1382

ordaina1387

advisec1400

forecast1413

imagec1450

ordainc1450

project1477

foreminda1535

invent1539

aimc1540

practise1550

plat1556

trive1573

meditate1582

patterna1586

plot1589

platform1592

design1594

chew1600

forelay1605

to map out1618

to cut out1619

agitate1629

laya1631

plod1631

cut1645

calculate1654

concert1702

to scheme out1716

plan1718

model1725

to rough out1738

to lay out1741

plan1755

prethink1760

shape1823

programme1834

pre-plan1847

encompass1882

target1948

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 298 Alle þe newe lawis þat clerkis han maad ben sutilly conjectid by ypocrisie.

c1465 Eng. Chron. (Camd. 1856) 78 Coniectyng and ymaginyng howe he myghte dystroy theyme.

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. clxiv. 148 Traytours that congetted [1520, p. 92, conjected] falsenesse ageynst hym.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xxxvi. v With mortall Envie they did then conjecte To make a finde.

1541 T. Paynell tr. Felicius Conspiracie of Catiline xix. f. 38 Thy motions coniected..ageynst me.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Aduise or coniect how a thyng shall be done, præmeditor.

4. literal. To throw, cast. (rare.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)]

warpc888

torvec1000

castc1230

slingc1290

forthcasta1300

throwc1300

lancec1330

pitchc1380

slentc1380

glenta1400

launcha1400

routc1400

waltc1400

flingc1420

jeta1450

vire1487

ajet1490

hurl1563

toss1570

kest1590

picka1600

peck1611

jaculate1623

conject1625

elance1718

squail1876

tipple1887

bish1940

biff1941

slap1957

welly1986

1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 298 Nor [do] these men cast on mee particular calumnies, but per satyram congested and conjected at a masse upon the Church of England.

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Vv2 Conjected into Wine, it conciliates a certain grateful suavity in drinking.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	conject
释义	† conjectn. Etymology: < Latin conjectus (u- stem) casting, cast, < participial stem of conjicĕre : see conject v. Obsolete. rare. Device, contrivance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > available means or a resource > a device, contrivance, or expedient costOE craftOE custc1275 ginc1275 devicec1290 enginec1300 quaintisec1300 contrevurec1330 castc1340 knackc1369 findinga1382 wilea1400 conject14.. skiftc1400 policy?1406 subtilityc1410 policec1450 conjecturea1464 industry1477 invention1516 cunning1526 shift1530 compass1540 chevisance1548 trade1550 tour1558 fashion1562 invent?1567 expediment1571 trick1573 ingeny1588 machine1595 lock1598 contrival1602 contrivement1611 artifice1620 recipea1643 ingenuity1651 expedient1653 contrivance1661 excogitation1664 mechanism1669 expediency1683 stroke1699 spell1728 management1736 manoeuvre1769 move1794 wrinkle1817 dodge1842 jigamaree1847 quiff1881 kink1889 lurk1916 gadget1920 fastie1931 ploy1940 14.. Epiph. in Tundale's Vis. 108 They schall askape..For all the conjecte of thy prynces wyse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). † conjectadj. Etymology: < Latin conjectus, past participle of conjicĕre, conicĕre to throw together: used instead of conjected. Obsolete. rare. Thrown, cast. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [adjective] > thrown conject1542 tossed1606 thrown1610 cast1629 projected1651 forthcast1674 throwed1861 1542 T. Becon Pleasaunt Newe Nosegaye sig. B.vj That so many should be coniect & cast into euerlasting damnacion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018). † conjectv. /kənˈdʒɛkt/ Forms: Also Middle English congette, coniette; past tense coniecte. Etymology: < Latin conjectāre to cast together, conjecture, guess, conclude, infer, frequentative of conjicĕre (participial stem conject- ) to throw together, etc., < con- together + jacĕre to throw. In sense 3, congette, from the French form congete-r, was used by Caxton and his contemporaries. Obsolete. 1. = conjecture v. 3. a. transitive (or with object clause.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > conjecture, guess [verb (transitive)] readOE ettlec1275 divine1362 areadc1374 conjectc1374 aima1382 imaginec1405 supposec1405 imagine1477 conjecture1530 guessa1535 harpa1616 foreguess1640 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. vi. 27 I coniecte þat þere lakkeþ I not what. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) i. sig. Aij/1 What so euer ony man wyll coniecte. feyne. ymagyne. suppose or saye. 1523 Earl of Surrey in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 38 What I conject the seid Duke woll doo. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxiv. sig. hiv If they wyl coniecte histories to be lyes. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 493/1 Some Writers haue laboured to coniect the true cause. 1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia iii. iii. xvi. 161 We may coniect the reason of these ballances. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §71 175 How far he was disposed to join with the Party..we may conject. b. intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > form conjectures, guess [verb (intransitive)] divine1362 supposea1393 conjecta1425 guessc1535 rove1551 level1580 conjecture1587 to harp at1611 to venture at1623 to make a shot1840 reach1952 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ezek. xxi. 19 He shal coniecte [1382 gesse] in the heed of the weie of the citee. 1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Coniectura Aberrare coniectura, to coniect wrong. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 154 One that so imperfectly coniects [1623 conceits] . View more context for this quotation c. To form the hypothesis, suppose. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > form a hypothesis [verb (intransitive)] conject1588 case1647 hypothesize1738 1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Fv Coniect in your owne imagination, that this..shoppe were a person Debitor. 2. transitive. To forecast by signs, augur, divine, prognosticate. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > augury, divination from omens > augur, divine from omens [verb (intransitive)] conject1496 halsen1587 preominate1594 augurize1596 augur1599 signa1616 ominate1637 augurate1642 conjecture1652 auspicate1848 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > augury, divination from omens > augur, divine from omens [verb (transitive)] conjecturec1384 conject1496 augurate1571 augur1593 augurize1596 ominate1599 portend1605 ariolate1652 tell1891 1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. xxv. 60/2 By faynynge & falshode coniecte & tell to the people thynges that ben to come. 1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Auguro..to tell by diuination what shall happen: to diuine: to coniect. 1582 in Bible (Rheims) 2 Thess. ii. 2 (note) Some [haue] presumed to calculate and coniect by the starres. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxi. 165 Conjecting his death by sundrie presaging tokens. 3. To contrive, devise, plan, plot. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] forethinkc897 bethinka1225 compass1297 contrivec1330 ordain1340 conjectc1380 imaginec1380 cast1382 ordaina1387 advisec1400 forecast1413 imagec1450 ordainc1450 project1477 foreminda1535 invent1539 aimc1540 practise1550 plat1556 trive1573 meditate1582 patterna1586 plot1589 platform1592 design1594 chew1600 forelay1605 to map out1618 to cut out1619 agitate1629 laya1631 plod1631 cut1645 calculate1654 concert1702 to scheme out1716 plan1718 model1725 to rough out1738 to lay out1741 plan1755 prethink1760 shape1823 programme1834 pre-plan1847 encompass1882 target1948 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 298 Alle þe newe lawis þat clerkis han maad ben sutilly conjectid by ypocrisie. c1465 Eng. Chron. (Camd. 1856) 78 Coniectyng and ymaginyng howe he myghte dystroy theyme. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. clxiv. 148 Traytours that congetted [1520, p. 92, conjected] falsenesse ageynst hym. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xxxvi. v With mortall Envie they did then conjecte To make a finde. 1541 T. Paynell tr. Felicius Conspiracie of Catiline xix. f. 38 Thy motions coniected..ageynst me. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Aduise or coniect how a thyng shall be done, præmeditor. 4. literal. To throw, cast. (rare.) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] warpc888 torvec1000 castc1230 slingc1290 forthcasta1300 throwc1300 lancec1330 hit1362 pitchc1380 slentc1380 glenta1400 launcha1400 routc1400 waltc1400 flingc1420 jeta1450 vire1487 ajet1490 hurl1563 toss1570 kest1590 picka1600 peck1611 jaculate1623 conject1625 elance1718 squail1876 tipple1887 bish1940 biff1941 slap1957 welly1986 1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 298 Nor [do] these men cast on mee particular calumnies, but per satyram congested and conjected at a masse upon the Church of England. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Vv2 Conjected into Wine, it conciliates a certain grateful suavity in drinking. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.14..adj.1542v.c1374
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† conjectn.

† conjectadj.

† conjectv.