[con.jec.ture] n [ME, fr. MF or L; MF, fr. L conjectura, fr. conjectus, pp. of conicere, lit., to throw together, fr. com- + jacere to throw--more at jet] (14c) 1 obs a: interpretation of omens b: supposition
2. a: inference from defective or presumptive evidence b: a conclusion deduced by surmise or guesswork c: a proposition (as in mathematics) before it has been proved or disproved
[2]conjecture vb -tured ; -tur.ing vt (15c) 1: to arrive at by conjecture
2: to make conjectures as to ~ vi: to form conjectures -- con.jec.tur.er n