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What does infer mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word infer? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence. [from 16th c.]
  2. (transitive) To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply. (Now often considered incorrect, especially with a person as subject.) [from 16th c.]
  3. (obsolete) To cause, inflict (something) upon or to someone. [16th-18th c.]
  4. (obsolete) To introduce (a subject) in speaking, writing etc.; to bring in. [16th–18th c.]
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You could, for instance, infer that they have fabricated their evidence, made it up, after those first interviews.
I infer that an atomic clock on the Moon would gain 8 milliseconds per year relative to one on Earth.
The Hebrew in which Genesis is written is ancient, but we cannot infer that Hebrew was the original language.
In the first place it is possible to infer a certain topicality in the discourse.
It helps out with confusables, such as infer and imply, and how their meaning is changing as a result of that confusion.
Thus the Court should be slow to infer principles of common law as a gloss on the statutory framework.

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