Meaning of surmission | Babel Free

Definitions

An act of surmising; a guess or conjecture.

nonce-word, rare

Examples

““I merely took a little stomach bitters for the stomach's sake only. I had a surmission you might think⟳ something wrong, and have⟳ been looking for you, to explain⟳.””

“Of the additions roughly 50% are translations of Semitic language works (attributed as such either by surmission based on language or through discovery of lost originals).”

“If your surmission is correct⟳, and the lights are low to encourage⟳ psychological warmth, then this still saves power by necessitating less heating.”

“No, that's just another one of your pull⟳ it out of your butt surmissions, you have⟳ no way of knowing what he did or did not do, and I refuse⟳ to come⟳ anywhere near a thought process⟳ that polluted.”

“‘A knowledge of, an appreciation of, history is purposeful,’ I defended myself. “The lesson of history instructs us in the path of the future.’ I sounded like⟳ one of my recent professors, pedantic but confident in my surmission.”

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