Crossword clues for guessed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Guess \Guess\ (g[e^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Guessing.] [OE. gessen; akin to Dan. gisse, Sw. gissa, Icel. gizha, D. gissen: cf. Dan. giette to guess, Icel. geta to get, to guess. Probably originally, to try to get, and akin to E. get. See Get.]
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To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.
First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess.
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To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive.
We may then guess how far it was from his design.
--Milton.Of ambushed men, whom, by their arms and dress, To be Taxallan enemies I guess.
--Dryden. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs.
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To hit upon or reproduce by memory. [Obs.]
Tell me their words, as near as thou canst guess them.
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To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause.
Not all together; better far, I guess, That we do make our entrance several ways.
--Shak.But in known images of life I guess The labor greater.
--Pope.Syn: To conjecture; suppose; surmise; suspect; divine; think; imagine; fancy.
Usage: To Guess, Think, Reckon. Guess denotes, to attempt to hit upon at random; as, to guess at a thing when blindfolded; to conjecture or form an opinion on hidden or very slight grounds: as, to guess a riddle; to guess out the meaning of an obscure passage. The use of the word guess for think or believe, although abundantly sanctioned by good English authors, is now regarded as antiquated and objectionable by discriminating writers. It may properly be branded as a colloguialism and vulgarism when used respecting a purpose or a thing about which there is no uncertainty; as, I guess I 'll go to bed.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: guess)
vb. (context poetic English) (en-past of: guess)
Usage examples of "guessed".
Scanning the gantry, he guessed that when pushed he could reel off the names of over two dozen malts, straight from memory.
The Emergents were masters of fabric and ceramics, though Ezr guessed that bio-arts were nonexistent.
Several other commissioners whom Sanglier guessed held him in the same disdain frowned, too.
Lean-bodied, which she guessed to be from a natural metabolism, not any fixation on diet or exercise.
The response from the second man, whom Sanglier introduced as Superintendent Bruno Siemen, seconded from the organized crime bureau of the Bundeskriminalamt, was almost as obsequious and Claudine guessed Poulard had briefed the German while they waited outside.
There was no official reason why he couldn't see them, but Claudine guessed Sanglier, along with every other Europol psychologist, would hear of her sharing files and of Burrows' opinion within fifteen minutes of her making them available to the American.
Siobhan guessed that Cynthia Bessant had bought her warehouse conversion in the hope of being one of the early settlers in what would become Edinburgh’s equivalent of London’s Docklands.
Now they were on the move, heading for a doorway at the back where Siobhan guessed their clothes were hanging up.
The window itself could slide open, and she guessed that outside office hours, if anyone came to the site looking for a cab they had to stand at the window and offer details through the opening.
Finally Captain Park said, “You’ve probably guessed we have an impasse here, Apprentice Vinh.
Ezr suddenly guessed that Captain Park must be one of the supporters of sneak attack.
Some, like Jimmy, guessed that in fact the senior officers might occasionally be brought out, secretly, for interrogations and brief service.
You saw almost everything in the military, and everybody guessed straightaway.
I know, you’ve learned some things that enemies might make use of—clearly you’ve guessed my present job.
But his stupidity had betrayed a secret the enemy had never guessed, a secret that Ezr himself had never known, a secret that others must have taken to their deaths rather than give to Tomas Nau and Ritser Brughel.