0 present participle of surmise --
1 to guess something, without having much or any proof: --
[ + (that) ] The police surmise (that) the robbers have fled the country.
Brownlee declined, surmising that many of the newly elected farmer-politicians would have seen an urban lawyer in the premier's office as a repudiation of much of what they stood for.
She keeps looking down, surmising the situation.
Adler finished by surmising that an only child loves being the center of attention and matures quickly but in the end fails to become independent.
Drake also discusses how taxes detract from his overall earnings; however, he comforts himself by surmising that you lose some, you win some.
During the past century, scholars have often questioned this, surmising that this may have been a rumor circulated by his detractors.
To speed up the process, they resort to blasting the cliffs, surmising that the mysterious blue material will not be damaged by the explosions.
We were all surmising what line the lecturer would be taking, and we found that the greatest room in the world was the room for improvement.
He is right in surmising that spring will be a little late this year.
