† conˈjecting, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. conject v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb conject.
1. Divining, guessing, conjecture.
| 1382 Wyclif Ezek. xxi. 19 In hoond he shal take coniectynge, or suspicioun. c 1386 Chaucer Melib. ¶442 By certeyn presumpciouns and conjectinges. |
2. Devising, plotting, conspiracy. [In this sense congetting was used by Caxton, etc.]
| c 1450 Lonelich Grail xxxvii. 9 Be the fals coniettyng of his wyf that so falsly reved hym his lyf. Ibid. xlvii. 56 Thanne..bethowhte hym this fals kyng of a fals tresown..be coniectyng. 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. cciv. 186 They were put oute thurgh the false congettynges of spencers. |