infer

infer
infer [in fʉr′]
vt.
inferred, inferring [L inferre, to bring or carry in, infer < in-, in + ferre, to carry, BEAR1]
1. Obs. to bring on or about; cause; induce
2. to conclude or decide from something known or assumed; derive by reasoning; draw as a conclusion
3.
a) to lead to as a conclusion; indicate
b) to indicate indirectly; imply: in this sense, still sometimes regarded as a loose usage
vi.
to draw inferences
inferable
adj.
inferably
adv.
inferrer
n.
SYN.- INFER suggests the arriving at a decision or opinion by reasoning from known facts or evidence [from your smile, I infer that you're pleased ]; DEDUCE, in strict discrimination, implies inference from a general principle by logical reasoning [the method was deduced from earlier experiments ]; CONCLUDE strictly implies an inference that is the final logical result in a process of reasoning [I must, therefore, conclude that you are wrong ]; JUDGE stresses the careful checking and weighing of premises, etc. in arriving at a conclusion; GATHER is an informal substitute for INFER or CONCLUDE [I gather that you don't care ]

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  • infer — infer, deduce, conclude, judge, gather are comparable when they mean to arrive at by reasoning from evidence or from premises. All except gather are so clearly differentiated in logical use that these distinctions tend to be retained in general… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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  • infer — [v] conclude arrive at, ascertain, assume, believe, collect, conjecture, construe, deduce, derive, draw, draw inference, figure, figure out, gather, glean, guess, induce, interpret, intuit, judge, presume, presuppose, reach conclusion, read… …   New thesaurus

  • infer — verb (inferred; inferring) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French inferer, from Latin inferre, literally, to carry or bring into, from in + ferre to carry more at bear Date: 1528 transitive verb 1. to derive as a conclusion from facts… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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