A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1558-1578
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Conjecture, -er, v. [ME. (a 1400); OF. conjecturer, med. L. conjecturāre.] To conjecture, guess. —a1400 Legends of the Saints vii. 586.
Iosaphus … In till hymeselfe coniecturyt than That he [etc.] 1558-66 Knox II. 37.
Quhat wilbe the end, ye may easellie conjecture a1578 Pitsc. I. 166/22.
He coniecterit that it sould be they that sould perform this prophecie
