Definition of "opine" []

• To state as an opinion. (verb-transitive)
• To express an opinion: opined on the defendant's testimony. (verb-intransitive)

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• "Harper is probably the best leader on offer but, as comedian Dennis Miller might opine, that is like being the smartest kid in summer school."
• "'opine' -- and that innumerable things were within your horizon which had no place within mine."
• "(Not for the least of reasons which include being able to use a form of the word "opine".)"