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supposed |
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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