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sur·mise (sər-mīź)

[Middle English surmisen, to accuse, from Old French surmise feminine past participle of surmettre, sur-, sur-, + mettre, to put (from Latin mittere).]

verb: -mised, -mis·ing, -mis·es. 

transitive verb 

To infer (something) without sufficiently conclusive evidence.

intransitive verb 

To make a guess or conjecture.

noun 

An idea or opinion based on insufficiently conclusive evidence; a conjecture.