Definition of Presupposing

1. Verb. (present participle of presuppose) ¹

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Definition of Presupposing

1. presuppose [v] - See also: presuppose

Lexicographical Neighbors of Presupposing

presummits
presumption
presumptions
presumptious
presumptive
presumptively
presumptuous
presumptuously
presumptuousness
presupernova
presupposal
presupposals
presuppose
presupposed
presupposes
presupposing (current term)
presupposition
presuppositional
presuppositionalism
presuppositionality
presuppositionally
presuppositions
presurge
presurgery
presurgical
presurmise
presurmises
presurvey
presurveyed
presurveying

Literary usage of Presupposing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Kant's Kritik of Judgment by Immanuel Kant (1892)
"Have we ground for presupposing a common sense ? Cognitions and judgments must, along with the conviction that accompanies them, admit of universal ..."

2. The Work of the Teacher by Sheldon Emmor Davis (1918)
"presupposing adult emotions in children. Emotions and ideals being presupposed before they are developed lead to ludicrous answers to grown-up questions. ..."

3. Evenings with a Reviewer: Or, Macaulay and Bacon by James Spedding (1881)
"... immoral in the highest degree, presupposing and including a whole catalogue of immoral intentions. How much more ought the same consideration to be ..."

4. Notes on the Hebrew Text of the Books of Samuel: With an Introduction on by Samuel Rolles Driver (1890)
"and all presupposing a text differing from that of the normal LXX, but agreeing with that of Lucian, will shew the justice of this conclusion. ..."

5. Synonyms of the New Testament by Richard Chenevix Trench (1858)
"... not as being more precious than it, but as presupposing it, and as being unable to exist without it. § xliii. ..."

6. Lectures on the four last books of the Pentateuch by Richard Graves (1829)
"... and the various crimes connected with it—Strict prohibition of human sacrifices—Supplementary sanctions, presupposing a special Providence—Jewish ..."

7. The Republic of El Salvador Against the Republic of Nicaragua: Opinion and by Corte de Justicia Centroamericana, El Salvador, Nicaragua (1917)
"... necessarily presupposing, as it does, occupation, use and enjoyment of waters in which El Salvador possesses a ..."

8. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1888)
"It is a well-known law, applicable to all heat- engines, that ( presupposing the merely mechanical part of the machine to be perfect) the heat converted ..."

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