Definition of speculate

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Speculate (v. i.) To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events..

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Stockjobbing :: Stockjobber (n.) One who speculates in stocks for gain; one whose occupation is to buy and sell stocks. In England a jobber acts as an intermediary between brokers.
Theologize :: Theologize (v. i.) To frame a system of theology; to theorize or speculate upon theological subjects.
Theorizer :: Theorizer (n.) One who theorizes or speculates; a theorist.
Speculate :: Speculate (v. t.) To consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature of a thing..
Theorize :: Theorize (v. i.) To form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.
Lamb :: Lamb (n.) A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized..
Pythagorize :: Pythagorize (v. i.) To speculate after the manner of Pythagoras.
Speculated :: Speculated (imp. & p. p.) of Speculat.
Speculate :: Speculate (v. i.) To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock..
Exploit :: Exploit (n.) Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon.
Speculatist :: Speculatist (n.) One who speculates, or forms theories; a speculator; a theorist..
Speculator :: Speculator (n.) One who speculates. Specifically: (a) An observer; a contemplator; hence, a spy; a watcher..
Speculate :: Speculate (v. i.) To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events..
Physiologize :: Physiologize (v. i.) To speculate in physiology; to make physiological investigations.
Freethinker :: Freethinker (n.) One who speculates or forms opinions independently of the authority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who forms opinions independently of the authority of revelation or of the church; an unbeliever; -- a term assumed by deists and skeptics in the eighteenth century..
Speculate :: Speculate (v. i.) To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori..
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