n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -tured ; -tur · ing \ - ' jek-ch ə -ri ŋ , - ' jek-shri ŋ \
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1 : to arrive at or deduce by conjecture : GUESS <scientists conjecturing that a disease is caused by a defective gene>
2 : to make conjectures as to < conjecture the meaning of a statement>
intransitive verb : to form conjectures
– con · jec · tur · er \ - ' jek-ch ə r- ə r \ noun