Both Uses of
infer
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- Having already had more than a taste of them in the house of my old master, and having endured them there, I very naturally inferred my ability to endure them elsewhere, and especially at Baltimore; for I had something of the feeling about Baltimore that is expressed in the proverb, that "being hanged in England is preferable to dying a natural death in Ireland."†
Chpt 5inferred = concluded or guessed by reasoning
- Such being my conjectures, any one acquainted with the appearance of New Bedford may very readily infer how palpably I must have seen my mistake.†
Chpt 11 *infer = conclude or guess by reasoning
Definition:
to figure out or guess by reasoning