Definitions
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- adjective Capable of being surmised.
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- adjective Capable of being
surmised .
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- adjective capable of being inferred on slight grounds
Etymologies
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surmise + -able
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Examples
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I found myself in a long road of tall and unlit mansions, stretching away into the distance, its length surmisable alone by the thread of twinkling gas-lamps which lay in front.
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Out of the tail of his eye, just before he and Sonntag came to grips, he had caught a glimpse of this surmisable third party.
From Place to Place 1910
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