Suppose /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Supposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Supposing

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.

   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.

2. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.

   How easy is a bush supposed a bear!

   Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead.

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.

4. To put by fraud in the place of another. [Obs.]

1. To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion.

1. Supposition. [Obs.]