Definition of Supposal

1. Noun. A hypothesis that is taken for granted. "Any society is built upon certain assumptions"


2. Noun. The cognitive process of supposing.
Exact synonyms: Supposition
Generic synonyms: Conjecture
Specialized synonyms: Presupposition
Derivative terms: Suppose, Suppose, Suppose, Suppose, Suppositional

Definition of Supposal

1. n. The act of supposing; also, that which is supposed; supposition; opinion.

Definition of Supposal

1. Noun. The act of supposing. ¹

2. Noun. That which is supposed; supposition; opinion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Supposal

1. something supposed [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Supposal

supporting fire
supporting players
supporting structure
supporting tower
supportive
supportively
supportiveness
supportless
supportment
supportress
supportresses
supports
suppos'd
supposable
supposably
supposal (current term)
supposals
suppose
supposed
supposed(a)
supposed(p)
supposed to
supposedly
supposer
supposers
supposes
supposest
supposeth
supposing
supposition

Literary usage of Supposal

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

1. The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death by Basil Montagu (1812)
"of the tendency it has to produce that mischief, in contemplation of which it has been made penal in most instances. 3. In the .case of mis-supposal;[c] ..."

2. Knowledge and Reality: A Criticism of Mr. F. H. Bradley's "Principles of Logic" by Bernard Bosanquet (1885)
"To complete the disjunction we add the supposal, " If it is not one, ... I cannot understand what the supposal adds to what is taken as fact I even doubted ..."

3. The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D. ...: Sometime President of Corpus Christi by Thomas Jackson (1844)
"That our this place give you leave to prejudice our church with the supposal of it. Nor do yourselves make this causes or discretion of contentious spirits ..."

4. Familiar Letters to a Gentleman on Several Important Subjects in Religion by Jonathan Dickinson, Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1835)
"Upon the one supposal, Christ has performed all the proper conditions of our justification, and freely bestows the benefit, on our acceptance: whereas, ..."

5. The Law of Estoppel by Lancelot Feilding Everest, Edmund Strode (1884)
"Matters alleged by way of supposal (/) in counts shall not conclude after non-suit: otherwise it is after judgment given: and after non-suit, ..."

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