Definition
To guess or surmise about something; to make an assumption.
Etymology
From 'be-' + 'guess' (from Middle Dutch 'gissen,' meaning 'to guess'). This archaic form intensifies the basic verb 'guess,' though modern English dropped this prefix in favor of the simple form.
Kelly Says
The word 'guess' itself is surprisingly young in English—it only appeared around 1400 from Dutch traders, so 'beguess' is a relic of how English speakers quickly started experimenting with prefixes on new borrowed words.
Translations
ARالعربية
التخمين
al-takh-meem
CACatalà
endevinar
en-de-vi-nar
CSČeština
uhádnout
u-had-nout
ELΕλληνικά
αντιλαμβάνομαι
an-ti-lam-fa-no-mai
ESEspañol
adivinar
a-di-vi-nar
FRFrançais
devinez
de-ve-nez
HIहिन्दी
अनुमान लगाना
a-nu-maan la-ga-na
HUMagyar
becsülni
bec-sül-ni
IDBahasa Indonesia
menebak
me-ne-bak
ITItaliano
indovinare
in-do-vi-nare
KO한국어
추측하다
chu-cheok-hada
MSBahasa Melayu
menebak
me-ne-bak
NLNederlands
raden
ra-den
PLPolski
zgadywać
zga-dy-vat
PTPortuguês
adivinhar
a-di-vin-har
RUРусский
догадываться
do-ga-d-va-s-ya
TEతెలుగు
అనుమానించండి
a-nu-ma-ni-n-chan-di
TRTürkçe
tahmin etmek
tah-min eh-mek
UKУкраїнська
догадуватися
do-ga-du-vat-sya