v. t.
First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
We may then guess how far it was from his design. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Of ambushed men, whom, by their arms and dress,
To be Taxallan enemies I guess. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tell me their words, as near as thou canst guess them. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Not all together; better far, I guess,
That we do make our entrance several ways. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
But in known images of life I guess
The labor greater. Pope.
v. i. To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
This is the place, as well as I may guess. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds; an attempt to hit upon the truth by a random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise. [ 1913 Webster ]
A poet must confess
His art 's like physic -- but a happy guess. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being guessed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who guesses; one who forms or gives an opinion without means of knowing. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. By way of conjecture. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Conjectural. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Naut.) A guess warp. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ from guess and estimate ] an estimate based on little information, being little better than a guess. [ PJC ]
(Naut.) A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object. [ 1913 Webster ]