·noun Supposition.
II. Suppose ·vt To put by fraud in the place of another.
III. Suppose ·vi To make supposition; to Think; to be of opinion.
IV. Suppose ·vt To Imagine; to Believe; to receive as true.
V. Suppose ·vt To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight.
VI. Suppose ·vt 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?.