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Webster 1913 Edition
Suppose
Sup-pose′
,Verb.
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?
Suppose
they take offence without a cause. Shakespeare
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.
2.
To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
How easy is a bush
supposed
a bear! Shakespeare
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.
3.
To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature;
as, purpose
. supposes
foresightOne falsehood always
supposes
another, and renders all you can say suspected. Female Quixote.
4.
To put by fraud in the place of another.
[Obs.]
Syn. – To imagine; believe; conclude; judge; consider; view; regard; conjecture; assume.
Sup-pose′
,Verb.
I.
To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion.
Acts ii. 15.
Sup-pose′
,Noun.
Supposition.
[Obs.]
Shak.
“A base suppose that he is honest.” Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Suppose
SUPPOSE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To lay down or state as a proposition or fact that may exist or be true, though not known or believed to be true or to exist; or to imagine or admit to exist, for the sake of argument or illustration. Let us suppose the earth to be the center of the system, what would be the consequence? When we have as great assurance that a thing is, as we could possibly, supposing it were, we ought not to doubt of its existence.
2.
To imagine; to believe; to receive as true. Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all young men, the king's sons; for Ammon only is dead. 2 Sam.13.
3.
To imagine; to think. I suppose,
If our proposals once again were heard--
4.
To require to exist or be true. The existence of things supposes the existence of a cause of the things. One falsehood supposes another, and renders all you say suspected.
5.
To put one thing by fraud in the place of another. [Not in use.]