SPECULATION

The act of speculating. Specifically: --

Examination by the eye; view. [Obs.]

Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation; intellectual examination. Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts. Milton.

The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.

Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits.

A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; view; notion; conjecture. From him Socrates derived the principles of morality, and most part of his natural speculations. Sir W. temple. To his speculations on these subjects he gave the lofty name of the "Oracles of Reason." Macaulay.

Power of sight. [Obs.] Thou hast no speculation in those eyes. Shak.

A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.