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Supposal

//səˈpəʊzəl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of supposing; supposition. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the cognitive process of supposing wordnet
  3. 3
    Something supposed; a supposition, a hypothesis. countable, uncountable

    "[W]e may, if we attentively consider and examine it, find that there are circumstances sufficient, upon the supposals of the excellent contrivance of their machine, to excite and force them to act after such or such a manner […]."

  4. 4
    a hypothesis that is taken for granted wordnet

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman supposaille, supposail, corresponding to suppose + -al.

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