 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
inferring
See {infer}
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
infer
verb
1: reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: {deduce},
{deduct}, {derive}]
2: draw from specific cases for more general cases [syn: {generalize},
{generalise}, {extrapolate}]
3: conclude by reasoning; in logic [syn: {deduce}]
4: guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right
number of beans in the jar and won the prize" [syn: {guess}]
5: believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous
experience?" [syn: {understand}]
[also: {inferring}, {inferred}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Infer \In*fer"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Inferred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Inferring}.] [L. inferre to bring into, bring forward,
occasion, infer; pref. in- in + ferre to carry, bring: cf. F.
inf['e]rer. See 1 st {Bear}.]
1. To bring on; to induce; to occasion. [Obs.] --Harvey.
2. To offer, as violence. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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.
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.
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.
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