Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/19
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Kit
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JCB
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 4:31 PM
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Subject: [Leica] RE: Marc and the English Language
At 04:10 PM 9/19/2004, Kit McChesney wrote:
>And isn't 'surmise' a verb? I've never seen that one noun-ified before. ;-)
>
>Kit
Webster:
surmise[1,noun] surmise[2,transitive verb]
Main Entry: 1sur.mise
<http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/javascript:popWin('/cgi-bin/audio.pl?surmis01.wa
v=surmise')>
[]
Pronunciation: s&r-'mIz, 's&r-"
Function: noun
: a thought or idea based on scanty evidence :
JB
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