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conject en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /kənˈd͡ʒɛkt/
• kən-jĕktʹ

Etymology

From Latin conjectus.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) To conjecture.
   • 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; […] 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:
2. (obsolete) To throw together, or to throw.
   • these men […]congested and conjected at a masse upon the church of England 1625, Richard Montagu, Appello Caesarem: a just Appeale from two unjust Informers:

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