opine

Pronunciation: /ə(ʊ)ˈpaɪn/

The English word “opine” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

To express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).
To give one's formal opinion (on or upon something).
To suppose, consider as correct, or entertain, an opinion.

noun

Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant galls.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French opiner, from Latin opīnor (“to hold as an opinion”), from *opīnus (“thinking, expecting”), only in negative nec-opīnus (“not expecting”) and in-opīnus (“not expected”); akin to optō (“to choose, desire”), and to apīscor (“to obtain”); see optate and opt.

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