Guess |
To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture. |
v. t. |
Guess |
To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive. |
v. t. |
Guess |
To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs. |
v. t. |
Guess |
To hit upon or reproduce by memory. |
v. t. |
Guess |
To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause. |
v. t. |
Guess |
To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc. |
v. i. |
Guess |
An opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds; an attempt to hit upon the truth by a random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise. |
n. |
Guess rope |
A guess warp. |
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Guess warp |
A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object. |
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