Crossword clues for supposed
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Suppose \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.]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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To put by fraud in the place of another. [Obs.]
Syn: To imagine; believe; conclude; judge; consider; view; regard; conjecture; assume.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"believed or thought to exist," 1580s, past participle adjective from suppose (v.); often with the -e- pronounced, to distinguish it from the passive past tense supposed, now common in the sense of "to have a duty or obligation" (1859).
Wiktionary
1 presume to be true, but without proof 2 (context with infinitive English) Generally considered or expected. 3 (context with infinitive English) Having an obligation. 4 (context with infinitive English) intended. v
(en-past of: suppose)
WordNet
adj. firmly believed; "the way things are supposed to be" [syn: supposed(p)]
mistakenly believed; "the supposed existence of ghosts" [syn: supposed(a)]
commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds; "the foundling's putative father"; "the reputed (or purported) author of the book"; "the supposed date of birth" [syn: putative(a), purported(a), reputed(a), supposed(a)]
designed to; "medication that is supposed to relieve pain"; "what's that gadget supposed to do?" [syn: supposed(a)]
doubtful or suspect; "these so-called experts are no help" [syn: alleged(a), so-called]
required or under orders; "I'm supposed to be there at ten"; "he was supposed to go to the store" [syn: supposed(p)]
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "supposititious hypotheses" [syn: conjectural, divinatory, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious]
Usage examples of "supposed".
It was naturally supposed, that the pious and humble monks, who had renounced the world to accomplish the work of their salvation, were the best qualified for the spiritual government of the Christians.
We were all supposed to look similar, to be instantly recognizable, dark-haired and pale with emeralds on our cheeks and accreditation tats if possible, carrying our swords like Shamans carried their staves.
We have been brought up to believe that justices shed their party affiliation when they put on the robe, just as they are supposed to give no advantage to friends or former colleagues.
At no great distance flowed the Loohi, a river not yet explored, but which is supposed to be an affluent or sub-affluent of the Congo.
The simple truth evoked was, that while a committee of the house supposed that they were possessed of full and complete reports, they were supplied with only curt and crude extracts, calculated to place matters in the ministerial light, but not really affording the committee the opinions of those whose views they purported to be.
Or was it just supposed to be a miracle meeting on the streets of Washington, Em and his old Army acquaintance Aley Aalstrom?
I shall allude to a supposed one presently, which would hold a moderate supply of water, and further research in this direction is desirable.
It is a curious and a mystical fact, that at the period to which I am alluding, and a very short time, only a little month, before he successfully solicited the hand of Miss Milbanke, being at Newstead, he fancied that he saw the ghost of the monk which is supposed to haunt the abbey, and to make its ominous appearance when misfortune or death impends over the master of the mansion.
It is excellent in neuralgia, epilepsy, mania, amaurosis, whooping-cough, stricture, rigidity of the os uteri, and is supposed by some to be a prophylactic or preventive of Scarlet Fever.
The lawyer who drew the will became angrily defensive when questioned about the possibility of a mix-up of the two bequests, with Brownpony supposed to get the women.
And with us the ruddy Solanum has obtained a wide popularity not simply at table as a tasty cooling sallet, or an appetising stew, but essentially as a supposed antibilious purifier of the blood.
The damage could have occurred back when the supposed appendectomy had taken place.
She wondered if he remembered her own supposed appendectomy all those years ago, but said nothing.
Velikovsky does not mention how close to the Sun Venus is supposed to have passed, but a very close passage compounds the already extremely grave collision physics difficulties outlined in Appendix 1.
The emphatic words here used may be appropriately uttered with intervals of a tone, a third, a fifth, or an octave, according to the emphasis supposed necessary.