The Collaborative International Dictionary
Conjecture \Con*jec"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conjectured; p. pr. & vb. n. Conjecturing.] [Cf. F. conjecturer. Cf. Conject.] To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning.
Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what
will be.
--South.
Wiktionary
n. The forming of conjectures. vb. (present participle of conjecture English)
Usage examples of "conjecturing".
The little boy playing here and inventing fantasies in his head about people passing, about the mysterious word ARAMCHEK inscribed in the cement under his feet, conjecturing over the weeks and months as to what it meant, discerning in a child’s mind secret and occult purposes in it that were to blossom later on in adulthood.
Only a few days before, not the wildest conjecturing would have led her to imagine that after the slaughter of Hagen she would be his replacement.
Ibryen’s conjecturing had been right then, the Gevethen were launching an early attack to draw attention away from difficulties in the city.
We have to lift our ship into space to slip it into hyperspace and there's no use conjecturing on how we're going to take the second step until we know we can take the first step.
After an hour of the futile wondering and conjecturing, Blake had given up the thought of sleep and put on his clothes.
One myth among many will not be made any the less a myth by mere conjecturings of mine that would have it be otherwise.
Nevertheless, by certain presumptions and conjecturings, I hold and believe that God, Who is justice and righteousness, has permitted this villainy upon a just and reasonable cause.
The very thought of her vague conjecturings had caused him to laugh as maniacs laugh at times.