suppos

n. The act of supposing; also, that which is supposed; supposition; opinion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Interest, with a Jew, never proceeds but upon supposal, at least, of a firm and sufficient bottom. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion. Acts ii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Supposed p. pr. & vb. n. Supposing. ] [ F. supposer; pref. sub- under + poser to place; -- corresponding in meaning to L. supponere, suppositum, to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit. See Pose. ] 1. To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the reality would involve or admit of; to imagine or admit to exist, for the sake of argument or illustration; to assume to be true; as, let us suppose the earth to be the center of the system, what would be the result? [ 1913 Webster ]

Suppose they take offence without a cause. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

When we have as great assurance that a thing is, as we could possibly, supposing it were, we ought not to make any doubt of its existence. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true. [ 1913 Webster ]

How easy is a bush supposed a bear! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead. 2 Sam. xiii. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight. [ 1913 Webster ]

One falsehood always supposes another, and renders all you can say suspected. Female Quixote. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To put by fraud in the place of another. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To imagine; believe; conclude; judge; consider; view; regard; conjecture; assume. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Supposition. [ Obs. ] Shak. “A base suppose that he is honest.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who supposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. supposition, L. suppositio a placing under, a substitution, fr. supponere, suppositium, to put under, to substitute. The word has the meaning corresponding to suppose. See Sub-, and Position. ] 1. The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is only an infallibility upon supposition that if a thing be true, it is imposible to be false. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

He means are in supposition. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural; supposed. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. suppositicus. See Supposition. ] 1. Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Suppositional; hypothetical. [ R. ] Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Sup*pos`i*ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Sup*pos`i*ti"tious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]