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surmisesurmise /sɚˈmaɪz/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYsurmiseOrigin: 1500-1600 Old French, past participle of surmetre to accuse, from Latin supermettere to throw on VERB TABLEsurmise |
Present | I, you, we, they | surmise | | he, she, it | surmises | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | surmised | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have surmised | | he, she, it | has surmised | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had surmised | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will surmise | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have surmised |
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Present | I | am surmising | | he, she, it | is surmising | | you, we, they | are surmising | Past | I, he, she, it | was surmising | | you, we, they | were surmising | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been surmising | | he, she, it | has been surmising | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been surmising | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be surmising | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been surmising |
formal to guess that something is true using the information you know already: surmise (that) I could only surmise from their behavior that they had met before. [Origin: 1500–1600 Old French, past participle of surmetre to accuse, from Latin supermettere to throw on]—surmise noun [countable, uncountable] |