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opine

See also: opiné and opiine

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WOTD – 10 November 2009

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle French opiner, from Latin opīnor (“to hold as an opinion”), from *opīnus (“thinking, expecting”), only in negative nec-opīnus (“not expecting”) and in-opīnus (“not expected”); akin to optō (“to choose, desire”), and to apīscor (“to obtain”); see optate and opt.

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opine (third-person singular simple present opines, present participle opining, simple past and past participle opined)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To express an opinion; to state as an opinion; to suppose, consider (that).
    I opined that matters would soon become considerably worse.
    "Your decisions," she opined, "have been unfailingly disastrous for this company."
  2. (intransitive) To give one's formal opinion (on or upon something).
    I had to opine on the situation because I thought a different perspective was in order.
  3. (intransitive, transitive) to suppose, consider as correct, or entertain, an opinion.
    • 1859 Walter Scott: The Waverley Novels
      Do you, Maister Francis, opine that ye will re-establish your father's credit by cutting your kinsman's thrapple, or getting your ain sneckit instead thereof in the College-yards of Glasgow?
    • 1870 The Dental Times, Pennsylvanian College of Dental Surgery, Vol VII p 130
      This, I opine, is a correct and fair statement of the case.
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Etymology 2 edit

From Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós, “juice of a plant”) +‎ -ine.

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opine (plural opines)

  1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds, derived from amino acids, found in some plant tumours
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opine

  1. inflection of opiner:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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opine

  1. plural of opina

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opine

  1. inflection of opinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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  • IPA(key): /oˈpine/ [oˈpi.ne]
  • Rhymes: -ine
  • Syllabification: o‧pi‧ne

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opine

  1. inflection of opinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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