Definition of infer

verb (v)

• reason by deduction; establish by deduction (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: deduce, deduct, derive
  

  source: wordnet30
• draw from specific cases for more general cases (verb.communication)

  Synonym: extrapolate, generalise, generalize
  

  source: wordnet30
• conclude by reasoning; in logic (verb.communication)

  Synonym: deduce
  

  source: wordnet30
• guess correctly; solve by guessing (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: guess
  

  source: wordnet30
• believe to be the case (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: understand
  

  source: wordnet30
• To bring on; to induce; to occasion. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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