| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| opine |
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| SYLLABICATION: | o·pine |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -p n |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: o·pined, o·pin·ing, o·pines
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To state as an opinion. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To express an opinion: opined on the defendant's testimony. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English opinen, from Old French opiner, from Latin opn r, to suppose.
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