- (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 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?.
- (n.) Supposition.
- (v.t.) To put by fraud in the place of another.
- (v.t.) To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
- (v.t.) To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight.
- (v.i.) To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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