Definition of Opine

1. Verb. Express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation. "John spoke up at the meeting"

Exact synonyms: Animadvert, Sound Off, Speak Out, Speak Up
Generic synonyms: Declare
Specialized synonyms: Editorialise, Editorialize
Derivative terms: Opinion, Opinionative

2. Verb. Expect, believe, or suppose. "They opine that there was a traffic accident "; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
Exact synonyms: Guess, Imagine, Reckon, Suppose, Think
Generic synonyms: Anticipate, Expect
Specialized synonyms: Suspect
Derivative terms: Guess, Guess, Guesser, Opinion, Supposal, Supposition, Thought, Thought

Definition of Opine

1. v. t. & i. To have an opinion; to judge; to think; to suppose.

Definition of Opine

1. Verb. (intransitive) To have or express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that). ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive now rare) To give one's formal opinion (''on'' or ''upon'' something). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Opine

1. to hold or state as an opinion [v OPINED, OPINING, OPINES]

Medical Definition of Opine

1. Compound produced by plant cells containing T DNA: induce transfer genes on Ti plasmids. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Opine

opiatelike
opiates
opiating
opie
opiferous
opifice
opificer
opificers
opinable
opination
opinations
opinative
opinatively
opinator
opinators
opine (current term)
opined
opiner
opiners
opines
oping
opiniastrous
opiniated
opiniative
opiniatre
opiniatreties
opiniatrety
opinicus
opining
opinio juris sive necessitatis

Literary usage of Opine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's by John Lawson Stoddard (1910)
"No! at a friend's she'll be to-day; But in her absence, I opine, You in her atmosphere alone, The tedious hours may well employ In blissful dreams of future ..."

2. Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing Containing Lives of the Most by Henry Downes Miles (1906)
"... then in the height of its popularity, " The Fine Old English Gentleman ; " of which we opine we have read worse parodies than this, which was often ..."

3. Secret Memoirs: The Court of Royal Saxony, 1891-1902. The Story of Louise by Henry William Fischer (1912)
"... Mistress shows her colors—Richard advises flight—I hesitate on account of my children—My Grand Mistress steals a letter from Richard to me—I opine that ..."

4. Desultory Notes on Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary by James B. Montogomerie- Fleming (1899)
"... opine, to conjecture, to be clever enough to know by intuition. It is one of the many Scotch words you cannot get an exact English equivalent for. ..."

5. The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's by John Lawson Stoddard (1910)
"No! at a friend's she'll be to-day; But in her absence, I opine, You in her atmosphere alone, The tedious hours may well employ In blissful dreams of future ..."

6. Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing Containing Lives of the Most by Henry Downes Miles (1906)
"... then in the height of its popularity, " The Fine Old English Gentleman ; " of which we opine we have read worse parodies than this, which was often ..."

7. Secret Memoirs: The Court of Royal Saxony, 1891-1902. The Story of Louise by Henry William Fischer (1912)
"... Mistress shows her colors—Richard advises flight—I hesitate on account of my children—My Grand Mistress steals a letter from Richard to me—I opine that ..."

8. Desultory Notes on Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary by James B. Montogomerie- Fleming (1899)
"... opine, to conjecture, to be clever enough to know by intuition. It is one of the many Scotch words you cannot get an exact English equivalent for. ..."

9. The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's by John Lawson Stoddard (1910)
"No! at a friend's she'll be to-day; But in her absence, I opine, You in her atmosphere alone, The tedious hours may well employ In blissful dreams of future ..."

10. Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing Containing Lives of the Most by Henry Downes Miles (1906)
"... then in the height of its popularity, " The Fine Old English Gentleman ; " of which we opine we have read worse parodies than this, which was often ..."

11. Secret Memoirs: The Court of Royal Saxony, 1891-1902. The Story of Louise by Henry William Fischer (1912)
"... Mistress shows her colors—Richard advises flight—I hesitate on account of my children—My Grand Mistress steals a letter from Richard to me—I opine that ..."

12. Desultory Notes on Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary by James B. Montogomerie- Fleming (1899)
"... opine, to conjecture, to be clever enough to know by intuition. It is one of the many Scotch words you cannot get an exact English equivalent for. ..."

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