Defn: An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion. He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first loose conjecture by a real study of nature. Whewell. Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. Milton.
CONJECTURE
Con*jec"ture, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conjectured; p.pr. & vb.n.
Conjecturing.] Etym: [Cf. F. conjecturer. Cf. Conject.]
Defn: To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to
surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning.
Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be.
South.
CONJECTURE
Con*jec"ture, v. i.
Defn: To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.
CONJECTURER
Con*jec"tur*er, n.
Defn: One who conjectures. Hobbes.
CONJOIN
Con*join, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conjoined; p.pr. & vb.n. Conjoining.]
Etym: [F. conjoindre, fr. L. conjungere, -junctum; con- + jungere to
join. See Join, and cf. Conjugate, Conjunction.]
Defn: To join together; to unite.
The English army, that divided was Into two parties, is now conjoined
in one. Shak.
If either of you know any inward impediment why you should not be
conjoined. Shak.
Let that which he learns next be nearly conjoined with what he knows
already. Locke.
CONJOIN
Con*join", v. i.