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speculate

verb
  1. To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.

  2. To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.

  3. To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.

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