Conject

//kənˈd͡ʒɛkt// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To conjecture. obsolete

    "I doe beſeech you, Though I perchance am vicious in my gheſſe, As I confeſſe it is my natures plague, To ſpy into abuſes, and oft my iealouſie Shapes faults that are not, I intreate you then, From one that ſo imperfectly coniects, You’d take no notice, nor build your ſelfe a trouble, Out of my ſcattering, and vnſure obſeruance; […]"

  2. 2
    To throw together, or to throw. obsolete

    "these men […]congested and conjected at a masse upon the church of England"

Synonyms

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hypothesizesupposesurmise

Example

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"I doe beſeech you, Though I perchance am vicious in my gheſſe, As I confeſſe it is my natures plague, To ſpy into abuſes, and oft my iealouſie Shapes faults that are not, I intreate you then, From one that ſo imperfectly coniects, You’d take no notice, nor build your ſelfe a trouble, Out of my ſcattering, and vnſure obſeruance; […]"

Etymology

From Latin conjectus.

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