\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.

\Sup*pose"\, v. i.
To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion. --Acts ii.
15.

\Sup*pose"\, n.
Supposition. [Obs.] --Shak. ``A base suppose that he is
honest.'' --Dryden.