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[oh-pahyn]

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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; < Latin opīnārī to think, deem

Related forms

un·o·pined, adjective

Can be confused: opine, opinion (see synonym note at opinion).

Synonyms
say, suggest, allow, guess, imagine.

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opine (əʊˈpaɪn)

—vb
	(when tr, usually takes a clause as object) to hold or express an opinion: he opined that it was all a sad mistake

[C16: from Latin opīnārī]

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opine

mid-15c. (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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"I ask myself: what are my views on death, the next world, God? I look into my mind and discover I am too much of a mannikin to have any. As for death, I am a little bit of trembling jelly of anticipation. I am prepared for anything, but I am the complete agnostic; I simply don't know. To have views, faith, beliefs, one needs a backbone. This great bully of a universe overwhelms me. The stars make me cower. I am intimidated by the immensity surrounding my own littleness. It is futile and presumptuous for me to opine anything about the next world. But I hope for something much freer and more satisfying after death, for emancipation of the spirit and above all for the obliteration of this puny self, this little, skulking, sharp-witted ferret."

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