Category:Suppose

Sup*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Supposing.] Etym: [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.

Suppose Sup*pose", v. i.

Defn: to make supposition; to think; to be of opinion. Acts ii. 15.

Suppose Sup*pose", n.

Defn: supposition. [obs.] Shak. "a base suppose that he is honest." Dryden.