infer

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Not to infer is to contradict the very nature of facts.

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  1. transitive verb To conclude from evidence or premises.
  2. transitive verb To reason from circumstance; surmise: We can infer that his motive in publishing the diary was less than honorable.
  3. transitive verb To lead to as a consequence or conclusion: "Socrates argued that a statue inferred the existence of a sculptor” (Academy).

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  1. Latin īnferre, to bring in, adduce : in-, in; see in-2 + ferre, to bear; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French inférer = Spanish Portuguese inferir = Italian inferire, from Latin inferre, bring in or upon, bring against, infer, from in, in, on, + ferre = English bear. Cf. illation.
 

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