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English
Etymology
From Latin conjectus.
Pronunciation
Verb
conject (third-person singular simple present conjects, present participle conjecting, simple past and past participle conjected)
- (obsolete) To conjecture.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. (First Quarto), London: N O for Thomas Walkley, , published 1622, →OCLC, , page 46:I doe beſeech you,
Though I perchance am vicious in my gheſſe,
As I confeſſe it is my natures plague,
To ſpy into abuſes, and oft my iealouſie
Shapes faults that are not, I intreate you then,
From one that ſo imperfectly coniects,
You’d take no notice, nor build your ſelfe a trouble,
Out of my ſcattering, and vnſure obſeruance;
- (obsolete) To throw together, or to throw.
1625, Richard Montagu, Appello Caesarem: a just Appeale from two unjust Informers:these men congested and conjected at a masse upon the church of England
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