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    surmise
    sur‧mise /səˈmaɪz $ sər-/ verb [transitive]
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Old French
     Origin: past participle of surmetre 'to accuse', from Latin supermettere 'to throw on', from mittere 'to send'
    formal to guess that something is true, using the information you know already
        surmise that
        When he came in, he didn’t look up, so she surmised that he was in a bad mood.
    —surmise noun [uncountable and countable]:
        Charles was glad to have his surmise confirmed.