Infer

v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Inferred ; p. pr. & vb. n. Inferring.]
	1.	To bring on; to induce; to occasion.
	2.	To offer, as violence.
	3.	To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer. Full well hath Clifford played the orator, Inferring arguments of mighty force. - Shak.
	4.	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; as, I inferred his determination from his silence. To infer is nothing but by virtue of one proposition laid down as true, to draw in another as true. - Locke. Such opportunities always infer obligations. - Atterbury.
	5.	To show; to manifest; to prove. The first part is not the proof of the second, but rather contrariwise, the second inferreth well the first. - Sir T. More. This doth infer the zeal I had to see him. - Shak.

Verb	1.	infer - reason by deduction; establish by deduction Synonyms: deduce, derive, deduct
	2.	infer - draw from specific cases for more general cases Synonyms: extrapolate, generalize, generalise
	3.	infer - conclude by reasoning; in logic Synonyms: deduce
	4.	infer - guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize" Synonyms: guess
	5.	infer - believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?" Synonyms: understand

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