Guess

ges, v.t. to form an opinion on uncertain knowledge: to conjecture, to think.— v.i. to judge on uncertain knowledge: to conjecture rightly.— n. judgment or opinion without sufficient evidence or grounds.— adj. Gue ′able , that may be gue ed.— n. Gue ′er , one who gue es or conjectures.— adv. Gue ′ingly , by way of conjecture.— n. Gue ′work , work done by gue : random action. [M. E. ge en ; cog. with Dut. gi en ; Dan. gi e , Ice. giska , for gitska — geta , to get, think, A.S. git an , whence Eng. get . See Forget .]