Infer

[ɪn'fɜː] or [ɪn'fɝ]

Definition

(v. t.) To bring on; to induce; to occasion.

(v. t.) To offer, as violence.

(v. t.) To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer.

(v. t.) To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I inferred his determination from his silence.

(v. t.) To show; to manifest; to prove.

Edited by Jeffrey

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Deduce, conclude, collect, gather, consider probable.

Inputed by Claude

Definition

v.t. to deduce to derive as a consequence: to prove or imply.—v.i. to conclude:—pr.p. infer′ring; pa.p. inferred′.—adjs. Infer′able Infer′rible that may be inferred or deduced.—n. In′ference that which is inferred or deduced: the act of drawing a conclusion from premises conclusion consequence.—adj. Inferen′tial deducible or deduced by inference.—adv. Inferen′tially.

Typist: Tito

Examples

I infer from what he told me that he is subject to such attacks. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
We may infer from the frozen mammals and nature of the mountain vegetation, that Siberia was similarly affected. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
That the small size of the egg is a real case of adaptation we may infer from the fact of the mon-parasitic American cuckoo laying full-sized eggs. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
I infer, glancing at his hands again, in the resumption of some old pursuit connected with the shock? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Then you would infer that opinion is intermediate? Plato. The Republic.
This emulsion, as the coating is called, is, as we might readily infer from the presence of the silver, sensitive to the action of light in much the same manner as was the original film. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
It is therefore by experience they infer one from another. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
It is not to be inferred, however, from some of the preceding statements that the boy was of an exclusively studious bent of mind. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
He now inferred that she had asked her uncle to invite Will to the Grange; and she felt it impossible at that moment to enter into any explanation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
I rather inferred that, sir,' replied John Rokesmith, 'from the scale on which your new establishment is to be maintained. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
She did not tell me what you suspect--she is not the person to proclaim such things; but yet I inferred something from parts of her discourse. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
The isochronism of the vibrations of the pendulum inferred from this observation was not published or put to practical application in clocks for nearly sixty years afterward. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
This preparation for bonds, and the additional ignominy it inferred, took a little of the excitement out of me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Mr. Pumblechook winked assent; from which I at once inferred that he had never seen Miss Havisham, for she was nothing of the kind. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
In the first place we should be extremely cautious in inferring, because an area is now continuous, that it has been continuous during a long period. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
He wished to know whether he was right in inferring that I meant to cast a reproach upon her memory, and a disrespect upon her family. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
He infers from this, that their dress must, upon the whole, have been cheaper than ours; but the conclusion does not seem to follow. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
He infers that many species have kept true for long periods, whereas a few have become modified. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
He then infers certain prospective movements, thus assigning meaning to the bare facts of the given situation. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
From the tone of voice the dog infers his masters anger, and foresees his own punishment. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.

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