suppose

v. புனைவாகக் கொள், முற்கோளாகக் கொள், ஊகமாகக் கொள், என்று கொள், என்று முடிவுசெய்யும் நிலையிலிரு, என்று கருதிக்கொள், என்று வைத்துக்கொள், என்று ஐயுறவுறு, என்று நினைக்க விரும்பு, என்று பெரும்பாலுங்கருது, தற்கோளாகக் கருது, காரணமின்றித் தானாகக் கருதிக்கொள்.

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Sup*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Supposing.] Etym: [F. supposer; pref. sub- under + poser to place; -- corresponding in meaning to L. supponere, suppositum, to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit. See Pose.] 1. 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. Tillotson. 2. 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. 2 Sam. xiii. 32. 3. 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. Female Quixote. 4. To put by fraud in the place of another. [Obs.] Syn. -- To imagine; believe; conclude; judge; consider; view; regard; conjecture; assume. Sup*pose", v. i. Defn: To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion. Acts ii. 15. Sup*pose", n. Defn: Supposition. [Obs.] Shak. "A base suppose that he is honest." Dryden.