n. [ L. conjectura, fr. conjicere, conjectum, to throw together, infer, conjecture; con- + jacere to throw: cf. F. conjecturer. See Jet a shooting forth. ] An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion. [ 1913 Webster ]
He [ Herodotus ] would thus have corrected his first loose conjecture by a real study of nature. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]
Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who conjectures. Hobbes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A wrong conjecture or guess. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. To conjecture wrongly. [ 1913 Webster ]