01 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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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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That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence.“This is only an infallibility upon supposition that if a thing be true, it is imposible to be false.” — Tillotson.“He means are in supposition.” — Shak.