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† conˈjecting, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. conject v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb conject.
1. Divining, guessing, conjecture.
1382Wyclif Ezek. xxi. 19 In hoond he shal take coniectynge, or suspicioun. c1386Chaucer Melib. ⁋442 By certeyn presumpciouns and conjectinges.
2. Devising, plotting, conspiracy. [In this sense congetting was used by Caxton, etc.]
c1450Lonelich Grail xxxvii. 9 Be the fals coniettyng of his wyf that so falsly reved hym his lyf. Ibid. xlvii. 56 Thanne..bethowhte hym this fals kyng of a fals tresown..be coniectyng. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. cciv. 186 They were put oute thurgh the false congettynges of spencers. |