supposition

supposition is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] 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.

[2] 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.

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