(~s, ~ring, ~red)
1.
If you ~ that something is the case, you decide that it is true on the basis of information that you already have.
I ~red from what she said that you have not been well...
By measuring the motion of the galaxies in a cluster, astronomers can ~ the cluster’s mass.
= deduce
VERB: V that, V n
2.
Some people use ~ to mean ‘imply’, but many people consider this use to be incorrect.
The police ~red that they found her behaviour rather suspicious.
VERB: V that