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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Suppose \Sup*pose"\, 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Suppose \Sup*pose"\, v. i. To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion. --Acts ii. 15. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Suppose \Sup*pose"\, n. Supposition. [Obs.] --Shak. "A base suppose that he is honest." --Dryden. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: suppose v 1: express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?" [syn: {suppose}, {say}] 2: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn: {think}, {opine}, {suppose}, {imagine}, {reckon}, {guess}] 3: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" [syn: {speculate}, {theorize}, {theorise}, {conjecture}, {hypothesize}, {hypothesise}, {hypothecate}, {suppose}] 4: take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work" [syn: {presuppose}, {suppose}] 5: require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones" [syn: {presuppose}, {suppose}]