conjectur

a. [ L. conjecturalis: cf. F. conjectural. ] Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful. [ 1913 Webster ]

And mak'st conjectural fears to come into me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A slight expense of conjectural analogy. Hugh Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who or what such editor may be, must remain conjectural. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A conjecturer. [ R. ] Month. rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which depends upon guess; guesswork. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a conjectural manner; by way of conjecture. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conjectura, fr. conjicere, conjectum, to throw together, infer, conjecture; con- + jacere to throw: cf. F. conjecturer. See Jet a shooting forth. ] An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Herodotus ] would thus have corrected his first loose conjecture by a real study of nature. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conjectured p. pr. & vb. n. Conjecturing. ] [ Cf. F. conjecturer. Cf. Conject. ] To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine. [ 1913 Webster ]