Supposed
Translation- Supposed
- Suppose Sup*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supposed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Supposing}.] [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?
[1913 Webster]
Suppose they take offence without a cause. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
2. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true. [1913 Webster]
How easy is a bush supposed a bear! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
3. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight. [1913 Webster]
One falsehood always supposes another, and renders all you can say suspected. --Female Quixote. [1913 Webster]
4. To put by fraud in the place of another. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Syn: To imagine; believe; conclude; judge; consider; view; regard; conjecture; assume. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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supposed — adjective Date: 1566 1. a. pretended < twelve hours are supposed to elapse between Acts I and II A. S. Sullivan > b. alleged < trusted my supposed friends > 2. a. held as an opinion ; believed; also … New Collegiate Dictionary
supposed — səˈpəuzd прил. 1) воображаемый, мнимый 2) предполагаемый It was supposed to rain. ≈ Думали, что пойдет дождь. She was supposed to work today. ≈ Она должна была … Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь
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Фильмы
- Soldiers of the People. Soldiers of the World., 1980 — Annotation: About the history of the Warsaw Agreement, goals and tasks of this military-political allience, which is supposed to protect conquests of the countries of the socialist allience. Film…