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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.
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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] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
28 moby thesaurus words for "supposing":
allowing that, although, as if, as though, assuming that,
assumption, axiom, conjecture, guesswork, hypothesis, if,
inference, postulate, postulation, postulatum, premise,
presumption, presupposal, presupposition, proposition,
set of postulates, supposal, supposing that, supposition, surmise,
thesis, though, working hypothesis
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supposing_pag1.html Microsoft Word - #1699 - Supposing Him to Be the Gardner.doc
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http://www.spurgeongems.org/vols28-30/chs1699.pdf, score=100, date indexed=January 16, 2006, 4:57 pm Supposing a Space: The Detecting Subject in Paul Auster's City of Glass
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http://www.reconstruction.ws/023/swope.htm, score=100, date indexed=January 19, 2006, 11:37 pm SUPPOSING - Definition
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http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/supposing, score=76, date indexed=December 17, 2005, 3:44 am Acts 27:13 When the south wind blew softly, supposing
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http://www.bible.cc/acts/27-13.htm, score=71, date indexed=December 9, 2005, 10:41 pm Supposing the Subject (S) by Joan Copjec : Book
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http://www.crimsonbird.com/cgi-bin/a.cgi?j=1859840752, score=65, date indexed=November 18, 2005, 2:05 pm Luke 2:44 But supposing him to be in the company, they went
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http://www.bible.cc/luke/2-44.htm, score=65, date indexed=December 10, 2005, 7:58 am Supposing Him to be the Gardener
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http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/1699.htm, score=65, date indexed=January 18, 2006, 12:09 am Yachting and Boating World: Now just supposing
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http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Board/ym/Number/633119/an/0/, score=65, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 3:30 am Learning English | BBC World Service
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