Definition of "infer" []

• To conclude from evidence or premises. (verb-transitive)
• To reason from circumstance; surmise: We can infer that his motive in publishing the diary was less than honorable. (verb-transitive)
• To lead to as a consequence or conclusion: "Socrates argued that a statue inferred the existence of a sculptor” ( Academy). (verb-transitive)
• To hint; imply. (verb-transitive)
• To draw inferences. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Who decides whether it's acceptable to end a sentence with a preposition or to use the word "infer" as a synonym for "imply"?"
• "As one might infer from the title, the US President is involved."
• "It is simpleminded to infer from the rate at which intermarriage was increasing in one decade and the rate it was increasing in the subsequent decade that a fall off must reflect an unfavorable “trend” with respect to progress toward greater interracial harmony."