01 v. t. 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 whic…
imp. & p. p.
Supposed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Supposing
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To put by fraud in the place of another.[Obs.]