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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
suppose \suppose"\, 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
see also:
supposed supposing pose 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
supposed
     adj 1: firmly believed; "the way things are supposed to be" syn: supposedp
     2: mistakenly believed; "the supposed existence of ghosts"
        syn: supposeda
     3: commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive
        grounds; "the foundling's putative father"; "the reputed
        or purported author of the book"; "the supposed date of
        birth" syn: putativea, purporteda, reputeda,
        supposeda
     4: designed to; "medication that is supposed to relieve pain";
        "what's that gadget supposed to do?" syn: supposeda
     5: doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help"
        syn: allegeda, so-called
     6: required or under orders; "i'm supposed to be there at ten";
        "he was supposed to go to the store" syn: supposedp
     7: based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence;
        "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still
        highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his
        absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead
        languages"; "supposititious hypotheses" syn: conjectural,
         divinatory, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious
see also:
supposedp supposeda putativea purporteda reputeda allegeda 
so-called conjectural divinatory suppositional suppositious 
supposititious 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
49 moby thesaurus words for "supposed":
   academic, accounted as, alleged, assumed, assumptive, conjectural,
   conjectured, deemed, expected, given, granted, hinted,
   hypothetical, imagined, implicated, implied, indicated, inferred,
   intended, intimated, involved, meant, obliged, ostensible,
   postulated, postulational, postulatory, premised, presumed,
   presumptive, presupposed, pretended, professed, provisional,
   purported, putative, reputed, required, so-called, speculative,
   suggested, suppositional, supposititious, suppositive, suppository,
   taken for granted, tentative, theoretical, understood





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