opine verb

/əʊ ˈpaɪn/

/oʊ-/ v [T] formal

Definition

to state something as an opinion

[+ speech] Power grows from the barrel of a gun, opined Mao Tse-tung.

[+ that] Ernest Rutherford opined that his work on radioactive substances would be of little or no practical use.

(Definition of opine verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

to worry

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