Category:Supposition

Sup`po*si"tion, n. Etym: [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.