Surmises

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of surmise form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of surmise form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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conjectureconjectureguessguesshypothesisspeculation

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"My mind had been too much excited by all that had occurred, and the strangest fancies and surmises crowded into it. Every time that I closed my eyes I saw before me the distorted baboon-like countenance of the murdered man."

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