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.
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.
