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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supposition \Sup`po*si"tion\, n. [F. supposition, L. suppositio
a placing under a substitution, fr supponere suppositium
to put under to substitute. The word has the meaning
corresponding to suppose. See {Sub-}, and {Position}.]
1. The act of supposing, laying down imagining, or
considering as true or existing, what is known not to be
true, or what is not proved.
2. That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise;
opinion or belief without sufficient evidence.
This is only an infallibility upon supposition that
if a thing be true, it is imposible to be false.
--Tillotson.
He means are in supposition. --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
supposition
n 1: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
[syn: {guess}, {conjecture}, {surmise}, {speculation}, {hypothesis}]
2: a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is
built upon certain assumptions" [syn: {assumption}]
3: the cognitive process of supposing [syn: {supposal}]
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