speculate

  1. Verb.  (intransitive) to think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to deliberate or cogitate.
  2. Verb.  (intransitive) to make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
  3. Verb.  (intransitive, business) to make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.

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