The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Infer \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.]
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   1. To bring on; to induce; to occasion. [Obs.] --Harvey.
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   2. To offer, as violence. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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   3. To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to
      allege; to offer. [Obs.]
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            Full well hath Clifford played the orator,
            Inferring arguments of mighty force.  --Shak.
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   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; as, I inferred
      his determination from his silence.
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            To infer is nothing but by virtue of one proposition
            laid down as true, to draw in another as true.
                                                  --Locke.
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            Such opportunities always infer obligations.
                                                  --Atterbury.
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   5. To show; to manifest; to prove. [Obs.]
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            The first part is not the proof of the second, but
            rather contrariwise, the second inferreth well the
            first.                                --Sir T. More.
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            This doth infer the zeal I had to see him. --Shak.
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