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.
Sup*pose" (?), v. i. To make
supposition; to think; to be of opinion. Acts ii.
15.
Sup*pose", n. Supposition.
[Obs.] Shak. "A base suppose that he is honest."
Dryden.
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.
Sup*pose" (?), v. i. To make
supposition; to think; to be of opinion. Acts ii.
15.
Sup*pose", n. Supposition.
[Obs.] Shak. "A base suppose that he is honest."
Dryden.
