"surmission" meaning in English

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Noun

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, {{m|en|surmise}} surmise Head templates: {{en-noun}} surmission (plural surmissions)
  1. (rare, nonce word) An act of surmising; a guess or conjecture. Tags: nonce-word, rare
    Sense id: en-surmission-en-noun-RR6PVFtM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -sion

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          "ref": "1996, Martin Booth, Adrift in the Oceans of Mercy, London: Simon & Schuster Ltd, page 169",
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          "ref": "2000 July 1, ou812, “Lock and Load! (fwd)”, in or.general (Usenet)",
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          "ref": "2003, Martin Booth, Islands of Silence, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, page 39",
          "text": "‘A knowledge of, an appreciation of, history is purposeful,’ I defended myself. “The lesson of history instructs us in the path of the future.’ I sounded like one of my recent professors, pedantic but confident in my surmission.",
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