资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Infer \In*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inferred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Inferring}.] [L. inferre to bring into, bring forward,
   occasion, infer; pref. in- in + ferre to carry, bring: cf. F.
   inf['e]rer. See 1 st {Bear}.]
   1. To bring on; to induce; to occasion. [Obs.] --Harvey.

   2. To offer, as violence. [Obs.] --Spenser.

   3. To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to
      allege; to offer. [Obs.]

            Full well hath Clifford played the orator, Inferring
            arguments of mighty force.            --Shak.

   4. To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or
      surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a
      consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I
      inferred his determination from his silence.

            To infer is nothing but by virtue of one proposition
            laid down as true, to draw in another as true.
                                                  --Locke.

            Such opportunities always infer obligations.
                                                  --Atterbury.

   5. To show; to manifest; to prove. [Obs.]

            The first part is not the proof of the second, but
            rather contrariwise, the second inferreth well the
            first.                                --Sir T. More.

            This doth infer the zeal I had to see him. --Shak.

资料来源 : WordNet®

inferring
     See {infer}

infer
     v 1: reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: {deduce},
          {deduct}, {derive}]
     2: draw from specific cases for more general cases [syn: {generalize},
         {generalise}, {extrapolate}]
     3: conclude by reasoning; in logic [syn: {deduce}]
     4: guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right
        number of beans in the jar and won the prize" [syn: {guess}]
     5: believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous
        experience?" [syn: {understand}]
     [also: {inferring}, {inferred}]