KJV Dictionary Definition: surmisal

surmisal

SURMI'SAL, n. Surmise. Not in use.

surmise

SURMISE, v.t. surmi'ze. To suspect; to imagine without certain knowledge; to entertain thoughts that something does or will exist, but upon slight evidence.

It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew

That what before she but surmis'd, was true.

This change was not wrought by altering the form or position of the earth, as was surmised by a very learned man, but by dissolving it.

surmised

SURMI'SED, pp. Suspected; imagined upon slight evidence.

surmiser

SURMI'SER, n. One who surmises.

surmising

SURMI'SING, ppr. Suspecting; imagining upon slight evidence.

SURMI'SING, n. The act of suspecting; surmise; as evil surmisings. 1 Tim. 6.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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