Conjecture

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Conjecture

the restoration of a part of a text that is unreadable or completely absent in the original manuscript, which a researcher introduces into a text in the course of a scholarly description. The reconstruction of a text is based on historical, linguistic, and paleographic data. The use of certain textual elements is assumed to be systematic throughout a manuscript, for example, uniform makeup and consistency in orthography and in the use of words, syntactic forms, and expressions. Reconstruction is also possible on the basis of more general historical and philological data, as, for instance, the restoration of standard ritual or juridical formulas.

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No references found			God is a conjecture: but who could drink all the bitterness of this conjecture without dying? Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context Lady Susan, in a letter to her brother-in-law, has declared her intention of visiting us almost immediately; and as such a visit is in all probability merely an affair of convenience, it is impossible to conjecture its length. Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context It--well, read it yourself, and see if you, too, do not find food for frantic conjecture, for tantalizing doubts, and for a great hope. Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			conical-horn antenna conichalcite conicoid Coniconchia Conidae Conidia conidiophore conidiospore conidium conifer Coniferae Coniferales Coniferin Coniferophyta coniferous forest Coniine coniine hydrobromide coning Coningh, Philips de Coningham, Sir Arthur Coninxloo, Gillis van coniscope conisterium Coniston Water Conium Conjecture Conjeeveram conjoined twins conjoint tendon Conjugales conjugase conjugate conjugate acid-base pair conjugate angles conjugate arcs conjugate axis conjugate binomial surds conjugate branches conjugate bridge Conjugate Complex Numbers conjugate conductors conjugate convex functions conjugate curve Conjugate Diameters conjugate diametral planes conjugate directions conjugate division conjugate elements conjugate fiber conjugate foci Conjugate Functions			Conium maculatum coniunctio coniunctus coniungere Coniunx Coniunx coniuratio coniuratus Conivaptan CONIVE conization Conization of the cervix CONJ conj. CONJAC conjacent Conject Conjector conjecturable conjecturable conjecturable conjecturably conjecturably conjecturably conjectural conjectural conjectural Conjecturalist conjecturally conjecturally Conjecture Conjecture (mathematics) Conjecture (mathematics) Conjecture (mathematics) conjecture on Conjecture, Analysis, Evaluate conjectured conjectured conjectured conjecturer conjecturer conjecturer conjectures conjectures conjectures conjecturing conjecturing conjecturing Conjeeveram Conjeeveram conjoin conjoin conjoin conjoined conjoined conjoined conjoined conjoined anastomosis Conjoined Equal Twins Conjoined Equal Twins Conjoined Equal Twins

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