Speculate
v. i.-
To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize;
as, to speculate on questions in religion; tospeculate on political events. - (Philos.) To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori.
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(Com.) To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions;
as, to .speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock
v. t.
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To consider attentively;
as, to .speculate the nature of a thing