May. 13th, 2005

kittenspeaks: (stfu)
I would kill for a long, hard neck/ shoulder massage right now.
A whole back or body massage would be great but I might only be inclined to main for that.

In an uncharacteristic public post I share with you a small vocabulary lesson...entries edited for relevant information.


Main Entry: 3sus·pect
Pronunciation:
s&-'spekt
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English,
from Latin suspectare, frequentative of suspicere to look up at,
regard with awe, suspect, from sub-, sus- up, secretly + specere
to look at -- more at SUB-, SPY
transitive senses
3 : to imagine to exist or be true, likely, or probable


Main Entry: as·sume
Pronunciation:
&-'süm
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s):
as·sumed; as·sum·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin
assumere, from ad- + sumere to take -- more at CONSUME
5 : to take as granted or true : SUPPOSE

Main Entry: 1sur·mise
Pronunciation:
s&r-'mIz, 's&r-"
Function: noun
: a thought
or idea based on scanty evidence : CONJECTURE

Main Entry: de·duce
Pronunciation: di-'düs,
dE-; chiefly British -'dyüs

Function: transitive
verb

Inflected Form(s): de·duced; de·duc·ing
Etymology:
Middle English, from Latin deducere, literally, to lead away, from de-
+ ducere
to lead -- more at TOW
1 : to determine by deduction;
specifically : to infer from a general principle
2
: to trace the course of


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