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The Meaning of suppose
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(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?
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(v. t.) To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
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(v. t.) To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight.
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(v. t.) To put by fraud in the place of another.
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(v. i.) To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion.
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(n.) Supposition.
Synonyms
say
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think
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opine
,
imagine
,
reckon
,
guess
,
speculate
,
theorize
,
theorise
,
conjecture
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hypothesize
,
hypothesise
,
hypothecate
,
presuppose
,
presuppose
Rhymes
alagoas
,
ambrose
,
arose
,
beaus
,
bestows
,
blose
,
blows
,
boase
,
boes
,
bongos
,
bose
,
boulos
,
bowes
,
bows
,
boze
,
brose
,
bulldoze
,
chose
,
close
,
clothes
,
compose
,
cose
,
cowes
,
crose
,
crows
,
croze
,
decompose
,
demos
,
depose
,
disclose
,
dispose
,
dominoes
,
dominos
,
doze
,
dubose
,
duclos
,
eaux
,
enclose
,
eskimos
,
expose
,
fallows
,
foes
,
foreclose
,
froze
,
ghose
,
glows
,
gloze
,
goes
,
goghs
,
gose
,
grose
,
groseclose
,
grows
,
hose
,
impose
,
interpose
,
joes
,
jos
,
juxtapose
,
klose
,
knows
,
kroes
,
kroeze
,
loews
,
logos
,
lowes
,
lows
,
meadows
,
melrose
,
misdiagnose
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moes
,
mose
,
ngos
,
noes
,
nose
,
ohs
,
ooohs
,
oppose
,
ose
,
overexpose
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owes
,
pharos
,
pose
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pows
,
predispose
,
presuppose
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primrose
,
propose
,
pros
,
prose
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rainbows
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reimpose
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repos
,
repose
,
rockrose
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rohs
,
rose
,
rowes
,
rows
,
shadows
,
slows
,
snows
,
sows
,
stavros
,
studios
,
superimpose
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tempos
,
those
,
throes
,
throws
,
toes
,
tomorrows
,
tows
,
transpose
,
troas
,
yoes