conject

verb — 2 senses

conject

verb

/kənˈd͡ʒɛkt/

Etymology From Latin conjectus.

1

Obsolete To conjecture.

  • I doe beſeech you, Though I perchance am vicious in my gheſſe, As I confeſſe it is my natures plague, To ſpy into abuſes, and oft my iealouſie Shapes faults that are not, I intreate you then, From one that ſo imperfectly coniects, You’d take no notice, nor build your ſelfe a trouble, Out of my ſcattering, and vnſure obſeruance; […]c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 46:
2

Obsolete To throw together, or to throw.

  • these men […]congested and conjected at a masse upon the church of England1625, Richard Montagu, Appello Caesarem: a just Appeale from two unjust Informers:

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