to be of opinion

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to be of opinion - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Opinion \O*pin"ion\, n. [F., from L. opinio. See Opine.]
     1. That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on
        probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less
        strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard
        to any point of knowledge or action.
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              Opinion is when the assent of the understanding is
              so far gained by evidence of probability, that it
              rather inclines to one persuasion than to another,
              yet not without a mixture of incertainty or
              doubting.                             --Sir M. Hale.
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              I can not put off my opinion so easily. --Shak.
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     2. The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons
        or things; estimation.
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              I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of
              people.                               --Shak.
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              Friendship . . . gives a man a peculiar right and
              claim to the good opinion of his friend. --South.
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              However, I have no opinion of those things. --Bacon.
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     3. Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation;
        fame; public sentiment or esteem. [Obs.]
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              Thou hast redeemed thy lost opinion.  --Shak.
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              This gained Agricola much opinion, who . . . had
              made such early progress into laborious . . .
              enterprises.                          --Milton.
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     4. Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression;
        opiniativeness; conceitedness. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     5. (Law.) The formal decision, or expression of views, of a
        judge, an umpire, a counselor, or other party officially
        called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point
        submitted.
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     To be of opinion, to think; to judge.
  
     To hold opinion with, to agree with. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     Syn: Sentiment; notion; persuasion; idea; view; estimation.
          See Sentiment.
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