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Infer Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Infer? [v] believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?" [v] guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize" [v] reason by deduction; establish by deduction [v] conclude by reasoning; in logic [v] draw from specific cases for more general cases Synonyms \| Synonyms for Infer: deduce \| deduce \| deduct \| derive \| extrapolate \| gather \| generalise \| generalize \| guess \| understand Related Terms \| Find terms related to Infer: allegorize \| allude to \| analyze \| apply reason \| assume \| be afraid \| believe \| bring to mind \| collect \| conceive \| conclude \| connote \| consider \| daresay \| deduce \| deduct \| deem \| derive \| divine \| dope \| draw \| draw a conclusion \| draw an inference \| dream \| entail \| expect \| extract \| fancy \| feel \| fetch \| find \| gather \| generalize \| glean \| grant \| guess \| hint \| hypothesize \| imagine \| implicate \| imply \| import \| induce \| insinuate \| intellectualize \| intimate \| involve \| let \| let be \| logicalize \| logicize \| mean \| mean to say \| opine \| philosophize \| point indirectly to \| prefigure \| presume \| presuppose \| presurmise \| provide a rationale \| provisionally accept \| rationalize \| reason \| reason that \| reckon \| repute \| say \| suggest \| suppose \| surmise \| suspect \| syllogize \| synthesize \| take \| take as proved \| take for \| take for granted \| take it \| take to be \| theorize \| think \| understand \| use reason See Also \| believe \| carry back \| conclude \| conclude \| elicit \| extrapolate \| figure out \| lick \| overgeneralise \| overgeneralize \| puzzle out \| reason \| reason \| reason out \| reason out \| solve \| surmise \| tell \| universalise \| universalize \| work \| work out Infer In Webster's Dictionary \In*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inferred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inferring}.] [L. inferre to bring into, bring forward, occasion, infer; pref. in- in + ferre to carry, bring: cf. F. inf['e]rer. See 1 st {Bear}.] 1. To bring on; to induce; to occasion. [Obs.] --Harvey. 2. To offer, as violence. [Obs.] --Spenser. 3. To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer. [Obs.] Full well hath Clifford played the orator, Inferring arguments of mighty force. --Shak. 4. To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I inferred his determination from his silence. To infer is nothing but by virtue of one proposition laid down as true, to draw in another as true. --Locke. Such opportunities always infer obligations. --Atterbury. 5. To show; to manifest; to prove. [Obs.] The first part is not the proof of the second, but rather contrariwise, the second inferreth well the first. --Sir T. More. This doth infer the zeal I had to see him. --Shak.

Infer Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Infer?

[v] believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"
[v] guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"
[v] reason by deduction; establish by deduction
[v] conclude by reasoning; in logic
[v] draw from specific cases for more general cases

Infer In Webster's Dictionary

\In*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inferred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Inferring}.] [L. inferre to bring into, bring forward,
occasion, infer; pref. in- in + ferre to carry, bring: cf. F.
inf['e]rer. See 1 st {Bear}.]
1. To bring on; to induce; to occasion. [Obs.] --Harvey.

2. To offer, as violence. [Obs.] --Spenser.

3. To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to
   allege; to offer. [Obs.]

         Full well hath Clifford played the orator, Inferring
         arguments of mighty force.            --Shak.

4. To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or
   surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a
   consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I
   inferred his determination from his silence.

         To infer is nothing but by virtue of one proposition
         laid down as true, to draw in another as true.
                                               --Locke.

         Such opportunities always infer obligations.
                                               --Atterbury.

5. To show; to manifest; to prove. [Obs.]

         The first part is not the proof of the second, but
         rather contrariwise, the second inferreth well the
         first.                                --Sir T. More.

         This doth infer the zeal I had to see him. --Shak.

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