speculated

verb

invest at a risk

reflect deeply on a subject

talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion

to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

Roots

speciospec- · Latin · observe

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