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Thesaurus: supposititious
Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing.
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Definitions
- a. Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing.
- a. Suppositional; hypothetical.
- adj. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
- s based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence