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Suppose

//səˈpoʊz// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe. intransitive, transitive

    "I suppose we all agree that this is the best solution."

  2. 2
    expect, believe, or suppose wordnet
  3. 3
    To theorize or hypothesize. transitive

    "Suppose that A implies B and B implies C. Then A implies C."

  4. 4
    to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds wordnet
  5. 5
    To imagine; to believe; to receive as true. transitive

    "How easy is a bush supposed a bear!"

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  1. 6
    require as a necessary antecedent or precondition wordnet
  2. 7
    To reckon to be, to account or esteem as. obsolete, transitive

    "[He] keeps you from the honors of a Queene, Being ſuppoſde his worthleſſe Concubine."

  3. 8
    take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand wordnet
  4. 9
    To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature. transitive

    "Purpose supposes foresight."

  5. 10
    express a supposition wordnet
  6. 11
    To put by fraud in the place of another; to substitute fraudulently. obsolete, transitive

    "A Water-monster, called the Nickard, does enter by night the chamber, where a woman is brought to bed, and stealeth when they are all sleeping, the new-born child and supposeth another in its place, which child growing up is like a monster and commonly dumb."

Etymology

From Middle English supposen, borrowed from Old French supposer, equivalent to prefix sub- (“under”) + poser (“to place”); corresponding in meaning to Latin supponere (“to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit”), suppositum. See pose.

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