conjecturing

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noun

The forming of conjectures.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of conjecture
nounconjecturing (plural conjecturings)

plural conjecturings

  1. The forming of conjectures.

    The exhaustless conjecturings of that evening's full conversation, made such of the small party, as had hitherto been strangers, well acquainted with each other's turn of mind; […]

    1830, Anna Maria Porter, chapter X, in The Barony. […], volume III, London: […] [A[ndrew] & R[obert] Spottiswoode] for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, […], →OCLC, page 460
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