Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To state as an opinion.
- intransitive verb To express an opinion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To think; suppose.
- To think; be of opinion that.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To have an opinion; to judge; to think; to suppose.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry Any of a class of
organic compounds , derived fromamino acids , found in some plant tumours - verb intransitive To have or
express anopinion ; tostate as anopinion ; tosuppose ,consider (that). - verb intransitive To give one's formal
opinion (on or upon something).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb expect, believe, or suppose
- verb express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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.
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'opine' -- and that innumerable things were within your horizon which had no place within mine.
On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature John Ruskin 1859
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(Not for the least of reasons which include being able to use a form of the word "opine".)
November 2006 2006
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(Not for the least of reasons which include being able to use a form of the word "opine".)
REVIEW: Escape From Earth edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois 2006
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(Not for the least of reasons which include being able to use a form of the word "opine".)
REVIEW: Escape From Earth edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois 2006
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I guess we aren't going to hear Ann "opine" about Rudy's Shag Fund...
Blue snow morning. Ann Althouse 2007
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But that's what I was referring to in my first post in this thread: Ever since you stated your intention to "opine" about Rudy's shag fund, I have been looking forward to hearing your take on it, primarily because I know that you at least appear to be a Giuliani supporter.
Blue snow morning. Ann Althouse 2007
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She just didn't kind of opine about things; she actually led.
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She just didn't kind of opine about things, she actually led.
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Let such as opine that the shadow of great personages can conceal the ineptitude of authors, make the most of this advantage. '
Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction John Addington Symonds 1866
brtom commented on the word opine
"Must we accept the view of Empedocles of Trinacria that the right ovary (the postmenstrual period, assert others) is responsible for the birth of males or are the too long neglected spermatozoa or nemasperms the differentiating factors or is it, as most embryologists incline to opine ..."
Joyce, Ulysses, 14
January 22, 2007
qroqqa commented on the word opine
*eyeballs 'back-formation' tag.*
Not a back-formation. Though the noun 'opinion' is much older in both English and French than the verb 'opine', the verb does come from a Classical Latin verb.
January 14, 2009
reesetee commented on the word opine
Oops! That was me--got carried away, I suppose.
January 14, 2009