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Added 9 October 2026

infer

/ɪnˈfɜː/ verb

In Latin: coniecto Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about infer at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Reason by deduction; establish by deduction.
Draw from specific cases for more general cases.
Conclude by reasoning; in logic.

Origin

From Latin inferō, from Latin in- (“in, at, on; into”) + Latin ferō (“bear, carry; suffer”) (cognate to Old English beran, whence English bear), from Proto-Italic *ferō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (“to bear, carry”), from the root *bʰer-. Literally “carry forward”, equivalent to “bear in”, as in concluding from a premise. Doublet of inbear.

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