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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), o·pined, o·pin·ing.

to hold or express an opinion.

[Origin: 1575–85; < L opīnārī to think, deem

]

—Synonyms say, suggest, allow, guess, imagine.

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o·pine Audio Help   (ō-pīn') Pronunciation Key
v.   o·pined, o·pin·ing, o·pines

v.   tr.
To state as an opinion.

v.   intr.
To express an opinion: opined on the defendant's testimony.

[Middle English opinen, from Old French opiner, from Latin opīnārī, to suppose.]

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1456 (implied in opinable), from M.Fr. opiner, from L. opinari "have an opinion, suppose, think, judge," perhaps related to optare "to desire, choose" (see option).

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verb
1.	express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation; "John spoke up at the meeting"
2.	expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn: think]

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In*op"i*nate\, a. [L. inopinatus. See In- not, and Opine.] Not expected or looked for. [Obs.]

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Op`i*na"tion\, n. [L. opinatio. See Opine,] The act of thinking; a supposition. [Obs.]

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O*pine"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Opined; p. pr. & vb. n. Opining.] [L. opinari, p. p. opinatus; akin to opinus (in comp.) thinking, and perh. to E. apt: cf. F. opiner.] To have an opinion; to judge; to think; to suppose. --South.

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O*pin"ion\, n. [F., from L. opinio. See Opine.]

1. That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard to any point of knowledge or action.

Opinion is when the assent of the understanding is so far gained by evidence of probability, that it rather inclines to one persussion than to another, yet not without a mixture of incertainty or doubting. --Sir M. Hale.

I can not put off my opinion so easily. --Shak.

2. The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.

I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people. --Shak.

Friendship . . . gives a man a peculiar right and claim to the good opinion of his friend. --South.

However, I have no opinion of those things. --Bacon.

3. Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem. [Obs.]

Thou hast redeemed thy lost opinion. --Shak.

This gained Agricola much opinion, who . . . had made such early progress into laborious . . . enterprises. --Milton.

4. Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness. [Obs.] --Shak.

5. (Law.) The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a counselor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.

To be of opinion, to think; to judge.

To hold opinion with, to agree with. [Obs.] --Shak.

Syn: Sentiment; notion; persuasion; idea; view; estimation. See Sentiment.

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