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opine

oʊˈpaɪn
WordNet
  1. (v) opine
    expect, believe, or suppose "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel","I thought to find her in a bad state","he didn't think to find her in the kitchen","I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
  2. (v) opine
    express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation "John spoke up at the meeting"
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Opine
    To have an opinion; to judge; to think; to suppose.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. opine
    To think; suppose.
  2. opine
    To think; be of opinion that.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (v.i) Opine
    o-pīn′ to suppose
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary L. opinari, p. p. opinatus,; akin to opinus,in comp.) thinking, and perh. to E. apt,: cf. F. opiner,

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Fr.,—L. opināri, to think.

Usage in the news

Reality TV staple and ( ahem ) silver fox Tim Gunn opines about art, Alexander mcQueen, and queer youth. austinchronicle.com

"Image is everything," he opined at the Central Park Conservancy's Halloween Ball at the park's Naumburg Bandshell last night. nymag.com

Even with pundits opining that McCain hurt himself with his "Man, am I old". motherjones.com

MMM > News > FTC did not abuse power in Watson brouhaha , judge opines. mmm-online.com

Readers opine on traffic circle makeovers, Obama's worth, filibusters and wildlife management. acotrib.com

Pundits opine about Utes' Bergstrom, Shelby. deseretnews.com

Pundits opine on BYU's NCAA tourney prospects. deseretnews.com

Readers opine about guns on campus, liberals at war and the NCAA victory of the Lady Aggies. acotrib.com

Pundits opine about BYU opponents. deseretnews.com

Experts Opine on Economic Development Through '13. observer.com

Reality TV staple and (ahem) silver fox Tim Gunn opines about art, Alexander mcQueen, and queer youth. austinchronicle.com

Styler opined, "There's more to this life than meets the eye". nypost.com

Obama won the election "by suppressing the vote," Rove opined Thursday on Fox News, with a straight face. motherjones.com

So trust me when I opine that Jim Henson's characters are all about education and almost zero about federal spending. albanyherald.com

Maybe MS should just ship the Sun VM and let it be someone else's problem, opines Security Supersite Editor Larry Seltzer. eweek.com

Usage in scientific papers

Remark 3.6 Since assertion (c) excludes—under (A1)-(A5)—partial but not total transitivity, one might opine that Theorem 1.3 would have been better formulated directly with the hypothesis of total transitivity.
Random walks in random environments without ellipticity

However, despite these developments, knowledgeable insiders generally opined that LISA enjoys sufficient support, both from Congress and within NASA, that further budget tightening for science would probably just lead to further delays, as opposed to LISA’s cancellation.
Matters of Gravity, the newsletter of the Topical Group in Gravitation of the American Physical Society

Lopez-Corredoira (2006) opines that, on the basis of existing data, either is possible; and Bellazzini et al. (2006) conclude that both are present − stars in the southern galactic warp on top of a dwarf galaxy.
Astrophysics in 2006

Since we began this discussion by opining that the Early Universe must have loved dwarfs (because she made so many of them), it seems appropriate to dive in here with a second cluster found (like Virgo) whose members are about 80% dwarfs (NGC 5846, Mahdavi et al. 2005).
Astrophysics in 2006

The pear shape was advertized around 1960 as a significant discovery from the space program, but Danson (2006) opines that this was known earlier.
Astrophysics in 2006

Usage in literature

But I rather opine with Lord Bacon, who says that imagination is much akin to miracle-working faith. "The Antiquary, Volume 1" by Sir Walter Scott

But I rather opine with Lord Bacon, who says that imagination is much akin to miracle-working faith. "The Antiquary, Complete" by Sir Walter Scott

Mr. Camperdown opined that she must pay for the lost diamonds out of her jointure. "The Eustace Diamonds" by Anthony Trollope

The lodge-keeper opined the great wooden gates. "My Novel, Complete" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Every one liked this, except Mrs. Cathcart, who opined, with her usual smile, that it was rather silly. "Adela Cathcart, Vol. 2" by George MacDonald

The reason is, I opine, that each doth wait for his neighbour to make a move. "Micah Clarke" by Arthur Conan Doyle

Do you think of perching in Cumberland, as you opined when I was in the metropolis? "The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals, Volume 2." by Lord Byron

In the meantime in the lounge the little doctor snapped the case of his watch and opined that he wanted his tea. "The Yellow Streak" by Valentine Williams

Upon this the other opined that he had fallen among the rocks and twisted his neck. "Stolen Treasure" by Howard Pyle

As to the matter of the priest's discourse, we opine that it is already known to you. "St George's Cross" by H. G. Keene

Usage in poetry
Then, I had but to raise my hand,
And ev'ry Fed'ral min-i-on
Sprang hastily to my command,
And bowed to my opin-i-on.
A was an apt Alligator,
Who wanted to be a head-waiter;
He said, "I opine
In that field I could shine,
Because I am such a good skater."
She lightly passed; nor did she once opine
How, better than all books, she had raised for me
In swift perspective Europe's history
Through the vast years of Caesar's sceptred line.
I care not for what other monarchs opine,
I have told them before that my right is divine—
To reign as I list, and make war when I please,
Of men and of money my subjects to ease.
Stripped to the buff they circled round,
And jagged and swung and crossed;
To uppercut and smash and pound
No chances either lost;
Till folks opined, in some alarm,
That they might do each other harm.
"On the day we took the transport there wus cheerin' on the pier,
An' we wus little chiner gawds; an' now we're sittin' 'ere,
Wiv the taste uv blood an' battle on the lips uv ev'ry man
An' ev'ry man jist 'opin' fer to end as we began.