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What is the verb for inference?

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infer
  1. (transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence. [from 16th c.]
  2. (transitive) To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply. (Now often considered incorrect, especially with a person as subject.) [from 16th c.]
  3. (obsolete) To cause, inflict (something) upon or to someone. [16th-18th c.]
  4. (obsolete) To introduce (a subject) in speaking, writing etc.; to bring in. [16th–18th c.]
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  6. Examples:
    1. “In other words, it must be possible to infer a common intention to be bound by a contract which has legal effect.”
      “I am not trying to infer that Mr. Little desires war.”
      “If the facts cannot be so proved, then there is no basis from which to infer a future risk.”
infers
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of infer
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Hippias infers from the look of Socrates' speeches and deeds that he is an eristic sophist.”
      “Berndt infers a pull-apart basin as the reason for this local depression, because of the location between two major strike-slip faults.”
      “One familiar argument for propositions appeals to commonalties between beliefs, utterances, or sentences, and infers a common entity.”
inferreth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of infer
  2. Examples:
    1. “The first part is not the proof of the second, but rather contrariwise, the second inferreth well the first.”
inferrest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of infer
inferred
  1. simple past tense and past participle of infer
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The inferred phylogenetic relationships between acanthocephalans and rotifers differ appreciably.”
      “Clearly, such behaviors do not fossilize directly and have to be inferred from anatomy.”
      “James asks how we can possibly indicate the difference between what is known, inferred, or imagined in a reconstruction.”
inferring
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