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surmisal

surmisal noun: surmise.

Noun

surmisal (plural surmisals)

  1. surmise
    • So leſt it ſhould be ſtill imputed to me, as I have found it hath been, that ſome ſelf-pleaſing humor of vain-glory hath incited me to conteſt with Men of high eſtimation, now while green years are upon my head, from this needleſs ſurmiſal I ſhall hope to diſſwade the intelligent and equal Auditor...1642, John Milton, The Reason of Church-Government Urg’d against Prelaty; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I...

Forms of surmisal

pluralsurmisals

Questions about surmisal

What does surmisal mean?
Surmisal means surmise.
What part of speech is surmisal?
Surmisal is a noun.
What is the plural of surmisal?
The plural of surmisal is surmisals.

Words near surmisal in the dictionary

  1. Surmic
  2. Surmiran
  3. Surmirans
  4. surmisable
  5. surmisably
  6. surmisal
  7. surmisals
  8. surmisant
  9. surmise
  10. surmised
  11. surmisedly

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