"surmission" meaning in All languages combined

See surmission on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: surmissions [plural]
Etymology: From surmise + -sion, likely from the assumption that surmise cannot be used as a noun. Etymology templates: {{af|en|surmise|-sion}} surmise + -sion Head templates: {{en-noun}} surmission (plural surmissions)
  1. (rare, nonce word) An act of surmising; a guess or conjecture. Tags: nonce-word, rare

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2000 July 1, ou812, “Lock and Load! (fwd)”, in or.general (Usenet):",
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