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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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? 
 
  Suppose  they  take  offence  without  a  cause  --Shak. 
 
  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!  --Shak. 
 
  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  foresight. 
 
  One  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  supposed 
  adj  1:  firmly  believed;  "the  way  things  are  supposed  to  be"  [syn:  {supposed(p)}] 
  2:  mistakenly  believed;  "the  supposed  existence  of  ghosts" 
  [syn:  {supposed(a)}] 
  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:  {putative(a)},  {purported(a)},  {reputed(a)}, 
  {supposed(a)}] 
  4:  designed  to  "medication  that  is  supposed  to  relieve  pain"; 
  "what's  that  gadget  supposed  to  do?"  [syn:  {supposed(a)}] 
  5:  doubtful  or  suspect;  "these  so-called  experts  are  no  help" 
  [syn:  {alleged(a)},  {so-called}] 
  6:  required  or  under  orders  "I'm  supposed  to  be  there  at  ten"; 
  "he  was  supposed  to  go  to  the  store"  [syn:  {supposed(p)}] 
  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}, 
  {suppositional},  {suppositious},  {supposititious}] 




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