inferringn.
/ɪnˈfəːrɪŋ/ The action of infer v.; the drawing of inferences.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [noun]
reasoning?c1400
collection1529
conclusion1532
induction1551
inferring1571
remotion1587
syllogism1588
deduction1593
inference1593
inferment1593
extraction1622
eduction1654
perduction1656
reducementa1750
deducing1826
vertical thinking1966
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (v. 8) After the manner of inferring, in this wyse.
1826 R. Whately Dis. Reasoning §1, in Elem. Logic 246 Reasoning comprehends Inferring and Proving.
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inferringadj.
That infers, that draws inferences.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [adjective] > reasoning by inference
inductive1764
deductive1861
inferring1890
1890 Athenæum 12 Apr. 463/2 That tendency, impulse or belief which makes man an inferring being.
Derivatives
inˈferringly adv. in the way of inference, in an inferential sense.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [adverb]
by consequent1489
inferringly1571
of consequence1573
conclusionally1574
by consequence1581
reductively1624
deductivelya1641
porismatically1646
conclusively1657
concludently1673
inferentially1691
inductivelya1716
ex vi terminia1726
inferably1903
inferribly1905
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxxi. 17) The particle (Nam) is taken inferringly.
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