surmisaln.
/səːˈmʌɪzəl/ Now rare.
= surmise n.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > [noun]
weeningc900
wenc1000
susposea1325
deeming1340
supposala1425
conjecturec1460
supposing1530
supposition1565
suppose1582
surmise1593
surmisal1641
putation1649
expectation1793
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 36 From this needlesse surmisall I shall hope to disswade the intelligent..auditor.
1657 tr. A. Thevet Prosopographia 42 in T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) All the aforesaid cavils..are..founded on bare surmisals and forged stories.
1676 J. Glanvill Ess. iv. 1 Those unkind surmisals concerning natural Wisdom.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 27 Dec. 7/2 If this surmisal be erroneous.
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