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surmising, vbl. n.|sɜːˈmaɪzɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb surmise; the framing of conjectures; suspicion, esp. of evil.
1526Tindale 1 Tim. vi. 4 Envie, stryfe, realinges, evyll surmysinges, superfluus disputynges. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. (1629) 340 By surmizings of his owne minding to marre their fortunes. a1653Binning Useful Case Consc. i. (1693) 9 Surmisings, whisperings and reports of others. 1828–43Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) II. 184 James's late unjustifiable proceedings..had occasioned some unquiet surmisings in the minds of his nobility.
So surˈmising ppl. a., that surmises; suspecting, suspicious; † accusing; aiming at (obs.).
1535Tindale Tracy's Test. Wks. (1573) 435/1 A blynd monster and a surmisyng beast, fearyng at the fall of euery leafe. 1601Weever Mirr. Mart. D iij, My life-surmising Bishops swolne in rage,..Went to the king. c1862E. Dickinson Poems (1955) I. 348 Sweeter—the Surmising Robins—Never gladdened Tree—Than a Solid Dawn. |