I. sər-ˈmīz, ˈsər-ˌ 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
II. sər-ˈmīz transitive verb
( sur·mised ; sur·mis·ing )
Etymology: Middle English, to allege, from surmise, noun
Date: 1700
: to form a notion of from scanty evidence : imagine , infer