01 v. t. To bring on; to induce; to occasion.
imp. & p. p.
Inferred; p. pr. & vb. n.
Inferring
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1.
To bring on; to induce; to occasion.[Obs.]
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2.
To offer, as violence.[Obs.]
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3.
To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer.[Obs.]“Full well hath Clifford played the orator, Inferring arguments of mighty force.” — Shak.
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4.
To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; as, I inferred his determination from his silence.“To infer is nothing but by virtue of one proposition laid down as true, to draw in another as true.” — Locke.“Such opportunities always infer obligations.” — Atterbury.
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5.
To show; to manifest; to prove.[Obs.]“The first part is not the proof of the second, but rather contrariwise, the second inferreth well the first.” — Sir T. More.“This doth infer the zeal I had to see him.” — Shak.