'Surmising' definitions:
Definition of 'Surmising'
From: GCIDE
- Surmising \Sur*mis"ing\, a. & n. from Surmise, v. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Surmising'
From: GCIDE
- Surmise \Sur*mise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surmised; p. pr. & vb. n. Surmising.] To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess. [1913 Webster]
- It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew That what before she but surmised, was true. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- This change was not wrought by altering the form or position of the earth, as was surmised by a very learned man, but by dissolving it. --Woodward. [1913 Webster]