conject

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/kənˈd͡ʒɛkt/

verb

To conjecture.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

verbconject (third-person singular simple present conjects, present participle conjecting, simple past and past participle conjected)

present singular third person conjects · participle present conjecting · participle past conjected · past conjected

  1. obsoleteTo conjecture.
    1 more example

    I doe beſeech you, Though I perchance am vicious in my gheſſe, As I confeſſe it is my natures plague, To ſpy into abuſes, and oft my iealouſie Shapes faults that are not, I intreate you then, From one that ſo imperfectly coniects, You’d take no notice, nor build your ſelfe a trouble, Out of my ſcattering, and vnſure obſeruance; […]

    c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 46
  2. obsoleteTo throw together, or to throw.

    these men […]congested and conjected at a masse upon the church of England

    1625, Richard Montagu, Appello Caesarem: a just Appeale from two unjust Informers

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Latinconjectus
  2. Englishconject

From Latin conjectus.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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