Hypertext Webster Gateway: "opine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Opine \O*pine"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Opined}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Opining}.] [L. opinari, p. p. opinatus; akin to opinus
(in comp.) thinking, and perh. to E. apt: cf. F. opiner.]
To have an opinion; to judge; to think; to suppose. --South.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
opine
v 1: speak one's opinion without fear or hesitation; "John spoke
up at the meeting" [syn: {speak up}, {animadvert}, {sound
off}]
2: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of
money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad
state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I
guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn: {think},
{suppose}, {imagine}, {reckon}, {guess}]
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