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spec·u·late

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–verb (used without object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.

1.	to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often fol. by on, upon, or a clause).

2.	to indulge in conjectural thought.

3.	to engage in any business transaction involving considerable risk or the chance of large gains, esp. to buy and sell commodities, stocks, etc., in the expectation of a quick or very large profit.

[Origin: 1590–1600; < L speculātus, ptp. of speculārī to watch over, explore, reconnoiter, deriv. of specula watch tower, n. deriv. of specere to look, regard; see -ate¹

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—Synonyms 1. think, reflect, cogitate. 2. conjecture, guess, surmise, suppose, theorize.

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spec·u·late Audio Help   (spěk'yə-lāt') Pronunciation Key
v.   spec·u·lat·ed, spec·u·lat·ing, spec·u·lates

v.   intr.

To meditate on a subject; reflect.
To engage in a course of reasoning often based on inconclusive evidence. See Synonyms at think.
To engage in the buying or selling of a commodity with an element of risk on the chance of profit.

v. tr.
To assume to be true without conclusive evidence: speculated that high cholesterol was a contributing factor to the patient's health problems.

[Latin speculārī, speculāt-, to observe, from specula, watchtower, from specere, to look at; see spek- in Indo-European roots.]

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