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presupposing


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Presuppose  \Pre`sup*pose"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Presupposed}; 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Presupposing}.]  [Pref.  pre-  +  suppose:  cf 
  F.  pr['e]supposer.] 
  To  suppose  beforehand;  to  imply  as  antecedent;  to  take  for 
  granted;  to  assume;  as  creation  presupposes  a  creator. 
 
  Each  [kind  of  knowledge]  presupposes  many  necessary 
  things  learned  in  other  sciences,  and  known  beforehand. 
  --Hooker. 




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