sur·mise (s r-m z )v. sur·mised, sur·mis·ing, sur·mis·es v.tr. To infer (something) without sufficiently conclusive evidence. v.intr. To make a guess or conjecture. n. An idea or opinion based on insufficiently conclusive evidence; a conjecture. [Middle English surmisen, to accuse, from Old French surmise, feminine past participle of surmettre : sur-, sur- + mettre, to put (from Latin mittere).] |
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