Surmising

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of making surmises.

    "And not only so but mutual jealousies soon begin to prevail, and evil surmisings with regard to each other; and from evil surmisings soon springs a firm belief corresponding to these surmisings; and from this belief comes evil speaking[…]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of surmise form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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"And not only so but mutual jealousies soon begin to prevail, and evil surmisings with regard to each other; and from evil surmisings soon springs a firm belief corresponding to these surmisings; and from this belief comes evil speaking[…]"

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