Tell me their words, as near as thou canst guess them.
Shak.
5. To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an
objective clause.
Not all together; better far, I guess, That we do make our entrance
several ways.
Shak.
But in known images of life I guess The labor greater.
Pope.
Syn. -- To conjecture; suppose; surmise; suspect; divine; think;
imagine; fancy. -- To Guess, Think, Reckon. Guess denotes, to attempt
to hit upon at random; as, to guess at a thing when blindfolded; to
conjecture or form an opinion on hidden or very slight grounds: as, to
guess a riddle; to guess out the meaning of an obscure passage. The use
of the word guess for think or believe, although abundantly sanctioned
by good English authors, is now regarded as antiquated and
objectionable by discriminating writers. It may properly be branded as
a colloguialism and vulgarism when used respecting a purpose or a thing
about which there is no uncertainty; as, I guess I 'll go to bed.
Guess, v. i. To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with
at, about, etc.
This is the place, as well as I may guess.
Milton.
Guess, n. An opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or
decisive evidence or grounds; an attempt to hit upon the truth by a
random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise.
A poet must confess His art 's like physic -- but a happy guess.
Dryden.
Guess"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being guessed.
Guess"er (?), n. One who guesses; one who forms or gives an opinion
without means of knowing.
Guess"ing*ly, adv. By way of conjecture. Shak.
Guess"ive (?), a. Conjectural. [Obs.] Feltham.
Guess" rope" (?). (Naut.) A guess warp.
Guess" warp" (?). (Naut.) A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed
or warped along; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the
length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant
object.
Guess"work` (?), n. Work performed, or results obtained, by guess;
conjecture.
Guest (gst), n. [OE. gest, AS. gÊst, gest; akin to OS., D., & G. gast,
Icel. gestr, Sw. g‰st, Dan. Gj‰st, Goth. gasts, Russ. goste, and to L.
hostis enemy, stranger; the meaning stranger is the older one, but the
root is unknown. Cf. Host an army, Hostile.] 1. A visitor; a person
received and entertained in one's house or at one's table; a visitor
entertained without pay.
To cheer his guests, whom he had stayed that night.
Spenser.
True friendship's laws are by this rule exprest. Welcome the
coming, speed the parting guest.
Pope.
Guest (?), v. t. To receive or entertain hospitably. [Obs.] Sylvester.