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He must be a King.

— Dead Collector · Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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A conclusion drawn with confidence: from something observed, the speaker reasons that the person must hold royal rank. The word 'must' presents a guess as near certainty, giving the line a mix of deduction and assumption that may or may not be justified.

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