opining

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o·pine

(ō-pīn′)

v. o·pined, o·pin·ing, o·pines

v.tr.

To state as an opinion.

v.intr.

To express an opinion: opined on the defendant's testimony.

[Middle English opinen, from Old French opiner, from Latin opīnārī, to suppose.]

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