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English Dictionary: Suppose by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suppose
v
  1. express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?"
    Synonym(s): suppose, say
  2. expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
    Synonym(s): think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess
  3. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
    Synonym(s): speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
  4. take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I presuppose that you have done your work"
    Synonym(s): presuppose, suppose
  5. require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step presupposes two prior ones"
    Synonym(s): presuppose, suppose
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suppose \Sup*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supposed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Supposing}.] [F. supposer; pref. sub- under + poser
      to place; -- corresponding in meaning to L. supponere,
      suppositum, to put under, to substitute, falsify,
      counterfeit. See {Pose}.]
      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?
  
                     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. [Obs.]
  
      Syn: To imagine; believe; conclude; judge; consider; view;
               regard; conjecture; assume.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suppose \Sup*pose"\, v. i.
      To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion. --Acts ii.
      15.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suppose \Sup*pose"\, n.
      Supposition. [Obs.] --Shak. [bd]A base suppose that he is
      honest.[b8] --Dryden.
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