Saturday, May 16, 2009

infero, inferre, intuli, illatus

to carry into, to introduce, to bring forward. Aeneid 1.6, inferretque deos Latio (and so that he might introduce the gods to Latium). cf. fero, ferre, to carry, convery, transport, bring. Eng. inference, The act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true; something inferred; a hint or suggestion. Emily Dickinson:

THE LEAVES, like women, interchange
Sagacious confidence;
Somewhat of nods, and somewhat of
Portentous inference,

The parties in both cases
Enjoining secrecy,—
Inviolable compact
To notoriety.

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