conject

English

Etymology

Latin conjectus.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kən-jĕktʹ, IPA^(key): /kənˈd͡ʒɛkt/
• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Verb

conject (third-person singular simple present conjects, present participle conjecting, simple past and past participle conjected)

1. (obsolete) To conjecture.
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 46:

     I doe beſeech you,
     Though I perchance am vicious in my gheſſe,
     As I confeſſe it is my natures plague,
     To ſpy into abuſes, and oft my iealouſie
     Shapes faults that are not, I intreate you then,
     From one that ſo imperfectly coniects,
     You’d take no notice, nor build your ſelfe a trouble,
     Out of my ſcattering, and vnſure obſeruance; […]

2. (obsolete) To throw together, or to throw.
   • 1625, Richard Montagu, Appello Caesarem: a just Appeale from two unjust Informers:

     these men […] congested and conjected at a masse upon the church of England

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “conject”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.