conjecturing

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Conjecturing it then we look only for one that is possible, but among many causes which we find possible we cannot be certain which is the true one.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

And now commenced a strict investigation, Which, as all spoke at once and more than once, Conjecturing, wondering, asking a narration, Alike might puzzle either wit or dunce To answer in a very clear oration.

From Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

Conjecturing now as to Jackson's program was wild, so we concluded to let him have his own way.

From The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson by Moore, Edward A.

Conjecturing this might be where the defenders of the eastern exposure were lying, I peered within.

From My Lady of the North by Parrish, Randall

Conjecturing that "the baby" must have a fine development, I ventured to ask what bumps were the most prominent.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various