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