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supposal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /səˈpəʊzəl/

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman supposaille, supposail. By surface analysis, suppose + -al.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of supposing; supposition.
2. (countable, uncountable) Something supposed; a supposition, a hypothesis.
   • Interest, with a Jew, never proceeds but upon supposal, at least, of a firm and sufficient bottom. 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
   • [W]e may, if we attentively consider and examine it, find that there are circumstances sufficient, upon the supposals of the excellent contrivance of their machine, to excite and force them to act after such or such a manner […]. 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographica, section XLII:

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