| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To take a risk in the hope of gaining advantage: gamble, venture. Idioms: take a flyer. See GAMBLING. 2. To draw an inference on the basis of inconclusive evidence or insufficient information: conjecture, guess, infer, suppose, surmise. See OPINION. 3. To formulate or assert as a tentative explanation: hypothesize, theorize. See BELIEF, THOUGHTS. 4. To use the powers of the mind, as in conceiving ideas, drawing inferences, and making judgments: cerebrate, cogitate, deliberate, ratiocinate, reflect, think. Idioms: put on one's thinking cap, use one's head. See THOUGHTS.
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