Main Entry: ¹sur·mise

Pronunciation: \sər-ˈmīz, ˈsər-ˌ\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, allegation, charge, from Anglo-French, from feminine of surmis, past participle of surmettre to place on, suppose, accuse, from Medieval Latin supermittere, from Late Latin, to place on, from Latin super- + mittere to let go, send

Date: 1569

: a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture