infer

Verb
Synonyms: deducedeductderivegeneralizegeneraliseextrapolateguessunderstand

WordNet 3.0

Verb (5)

  1. reason by deduction; establish by deductionSynonyms: deducedeductderive
  2. draw from specific cases for more general casesSynonyms: generalizegeneraliseextrapolate
  3. conclude by reasoning; in logicSynonyms: deduce
  4. guess correctly; solve by guessing“He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize”Synonyms: guess
  5. believe to be the case“I understand you have no previous experience?”Synonyms: understand
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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.] [1913 Webster]

1.To bring on; to induce; to occasion. [Obs.] --Harvey. [1913 Webster]

2.To offer, as violence. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

3.To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Full well hath Clifford played the orator, Inferring arguments of mighty force.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

To infer is nothing but by virtue of one proposition laid down as true, to draw in another as true.— Locke.[1913 Webster]
Such opportunities always infer obligations.— Atterbury.[1913 Webster]

5.To show; to manifest; to prove. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

The first part is not the proof of the second, but rather contrariwise, the second inferreth well the first.— Sir T. More.[1913 Webster]
This doth infer the zeal I had to see him.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
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