suppose

1. 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? Source: opted

2. v. t. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true. Source: opted

3. v. t. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight. Source: opted

4. v. t. To put by fraud in the place of another. Source: opted

5. v. i. To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion. Source: opted

6. n. Supposition. Source: opted

7. v. express a supposition Source: wordnet

8. v. expect, believe, or suppose Source: wordnet

9. v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds Source: wordnet

10. v. take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand Source: wordnet

11. v. require as a necessary antecedent or precondition Source: wordnet

12. 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. To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion. Acts ii. 15. Supposition. [Obs.] Shak. "A base suppose that he is honest." Dryden. Source: webster

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