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5 letters · 7 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
verb expect, believe, or suppose
originBorrowed from Middle French opiner, from Latin opīnor (“to hold as an opinion”), from *opīnus (“thinking, expecting”), only in negative nec-opīnus (“not expecting”) and in-opīnus (“not expected”); akin to optō (“to choose, desire”), and to apīscor (“to obtain”); see optate and opt.
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