Suppose

Definition of Suppose

Sup`pose´

v. t.	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? [imp. & p. p. Supposed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Supposing.] 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.
v. i.	1.	To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion.
n.	1.	Supposition.

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