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Definition of Surmises
1. surmise [v] - See also: surmise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surmises
Literary usage of Surmises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Law in Shakespeare by Edward Joseph White (1911)
"No. life, I prize it not a straw: But for mine honour, (which I would free) If
I shall be condemned, upon surmises, All proofs sleeping else, but what your ..."
2. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau (1873)
"Let a thousand surmises shed some light on this story. We will not he confined
by historical, even geological periods which would allow us to doubt of a ..."
3. The Bookman (1907)
"During the time that the tale was running serially there were many surmises as
to the originals ... surmises ..."
4. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"... Schofield as Secretary of War — Senator Grimes on the Impeachment Trial —
surmises as to the President's Reasons for nominating Schofield — Vice-Admiral ..."
5. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"... Schofield as Secretary of War — Senator Grimes on the Impeachment Trial —
surmises as to the President's Reasons for nominating Schofield — Vice-Admiral ..."
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