Definition of supposition

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Supposition (n.) The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved..

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Urohaematin :: Urohaematin (n.) Urinary haematin; -- applied to the normal coloring matter of the urine, on the supposition that it is formed either directly or indirectly (through bilirubin) from the haematin of the blood. See Urochrome, and Urobilin..
Opination :: Opination (n.) The act of thinking; a supposition.
Assumption :: Assumption (n.) The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim..
Position :: Position (n.) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; -- called also the rule of trial and error.
Suppositional :: Supposition (n.) That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence.
Admissible :: Admissible (a.) Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is hardly admissible..
Supposeer :: Suppose (n.) Supposition.
Suppose :: Suppose (v. i.) To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion.
Premise :: Premise (n.) A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
Presupposition :: Presupposition (n.) That which is presupposed; a previous supposition or surmise.
Hypothesis :: Hypothesis (n.) A tentative theory or supposition provisionally adopted to explain certain facts, and to guide in the investigation of others; hence, frequently called a working hypothesis..
Postulate :: Postulate (n.) Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence..
Supposition :: Supposition (n.) The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved..
Suppositor :: Suppositive (n.) A word denoting or implying supposition, as the words if, granting, provided, etc..
Presumptively :: Presumptively (adv.) By presumption, or supposition grounded or probability; presumably..
Suppressed :: Supposure (n.) Supposition; hypothesis; conjecture.
Presupposal :: Presupposal (n.) Presupposition.
If :: If (conj.) In case that; granting, allowing, or supposing that; -- introducing a condition or supposition..
Presumption :: Presumption (n.) Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken place..
Suppositive :: Supposititious (a.) Suppositional; hypothetical.
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