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Speculate
Speculate Spec"u*late, v. t. To consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature of a thing. [R.] --Sir W. Hamilton.
Speculate
Speculate Spec"u*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Speculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Speculating.] [L. speculatus, p. p. of speculari to spy out, observe, fr. specula a lookout, fr. specere to look. See Spy.] 1. To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events. It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most pefect quietude to the external regulations of society. --Hawthorne. 2. (Philos.) To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori. 3. (Com.) To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock.
Speculated
Speculate Spec"u*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Speculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Speculating.] [L. speculatus, p. p. of speculari to spy out, observe, fr. specula a lookout, fr. specere to look. See Spy.] 1. To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events. It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most pefect quietude to the external regulations of society. --Hawthorne. 2. (Philos.) To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori. 3. (Com.) To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock.

Meaning of Peculate from wikipedia

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- Peculate is an American avant-garde metal and progressive metal band, formed in 2012. Peculate "combines metal, djent, jazz, contemporary classical, avant-garde...
- Peculator obconicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres. Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca...
- career, and acquired enormous wealth. He fell out of favor, accused of peculation (maladministration of the state's funds) and lèse-majesté (disrespect...
- minister, the famous jurist and poet Pier delle Vigne, on charges of peculation and embezzlement. Some historians suggest that Pier was planning to betray...
- Peculator baccatus Cernohorsky, 1980 Peculator hedleyi (Murdoch, 1905) Peculator obconicus (Powell, 1952) Peculator porphyria (Verco, 1896) Peculator...
- Peculator verconis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae. The size of the s**** attains 12 mm. This marine...
- Peculator hedleyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres. The length of the s**** attains 7 mm...
- Peculator baccatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae. Peculator baccatus Cernohorsky, 1980. Retrieved...
- recovering embezzled funds. The prin****l beneficiaries of these financial peculations had been the oligarchs of the Hundred and Four. In order to reduce the...