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<hw>Con*ject"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conjectus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>conjicere</ets>. See <er>Conjecture</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To throw together, or to throw.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Montagu.</i>

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<hw>Con*ject"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To conjecture; also, to plan.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Con*ject"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who guesses or conjectures.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A great <b>conjector</b> at other men by their writings. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Con*jec"tur*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being conjectured or guessed.</def>

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<hw>Con*jec"tur*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conjecturalis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>conjectural</ets>.]</ety> <def>Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful.</def>

<blockquote>And mak'st <b>conjectural</b> fears to come into me. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A slight expense of <b>conjectural</b> analogy. <i>Hugh Miller.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Who or what such editor may be, must remain <b>conjectural</b>. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Con*jec"tur*al*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A conjecturer.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Month. rev.</i>

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<hw>Con*jec`tur*al"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which depends upon guess; guesswork.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

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<hw>Con*jec`tur*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a conjectural manner; by way of conjecture.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

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<hw>Con*jec"ture</hw> <tt>(; 135?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conjectura</ets>, fr. <ets>conjicere</ets>, <ets>conjectum</ets>, to throw together, infer, conjecture; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>jacere</ets> to throw: cf. F. <ets>conjecturer</ets>. See <er>Jet</er> a shooting forth.]</ety> <def>An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.</def>

<blockquote>He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first loose <b>conjecture</b> by a real study of nature. <i>Whewell.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Conjectures</b>, fancies, built on nothing firm. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

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