impersonal. (Used with subordinate clause or parenthetically.) In the present tense: ‘it seems to me’.

transitive. In regard to what is present or past: To think, surmise, suppose, conceive, believe… used parenthetically (esp. in I ween) rather than as…

With subordinate clause. Introduced by that: with subjunctive (or its equivalent), indicating an unpleasant possibility; with indicative, indicating…

To believe without being able to prove; to have an idea that. Frequently in I fancy: I rather think.

dare say. transferred. To venture to say (because one thinks it likely); to assume as probable, presume. Almost exclusively in the parenthetic ‘I…