Long before Darwin's theory of evolution, Buffon had surmised that species evolved very slowly under different material circumstances.
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Surmised
Synonyms for "surmised" (11 found)
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11 entriesa conclusiona guessa hypothesisa possibilitya scenarioan inferencesurmised conclusionsurmised effectsurmised hypothesissurmised mechanismsurmised outcome
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The police surmised that the victim told them the truth.
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Females feed on squid in the mesopelagic zone, which is below 650 feet, it is surmised to avoid their predators.
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He correctly surmised that the waters of the Gulf Stream - a massive current which flows across the Atlantic from the Americas to Europe - was helping to speed the east-bound ships.
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