\In"fer*ence\, n. [From {Infer}.]
1. The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
         Though it may chance to be right in the conclusions,
         it is yet unjust and mistaken in the method of
         inference.                            --Glanvill.
2. That which inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from
   another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a
   conclusion; a deduction. --Milton.
         These inferences, or conclusions, are the effects of
         reasoning, and the three propositions, taken all
         together, are called syllogism, or argument. --I.
                                               Watts.
Syn: Conclusion; deduction; consequence.
Usage: {Inference}, {Conclusion}. An inference is literally
       that which is brought in; and hence, a deduction or
       induction from premises, -- something which follows as
       certainly or probably true. A conclusion is stronger
       than an inference; it shuts us up to the result, and
       terminates inquiry. We infer what is particular or
       probable; we conclude what is certain. In a chain of
       reasoning we have many inferences, which lead to the
       ultimate conclusion. ``An inference is a proposition
       which is perceived to be true, because of its
       connection with some known fact.'' ``When something is
       simply affirmed to be true, it is called a
       proposition; after it has been found to be true by
       several reasons or arguments, it is called a
       conclusion.'' --I. Taylor.