v. Chiefly Sc. Obs. [ad. L. suppōnĕre: see SUPPOSE v. Cf. Pr. supponer, It. sopporre, Sp. suponer, Pg. suppôr.]
1. trans. To substitute fraudulently: = SUPPOSE v. 13.
1542. St. Papers Hen. VIII., V. 231. Yat ye malefactouris may be punist in yair awn personis, and na uyeris [= others] supponit in yair place.
2. To think or believe to be the case, be of opinion: = SUPPOSE v. 1.
c. 1500. Lancelot, 2230. Aduentur is non so gret to pref, As I suppone, nor ȝhe sal It esschef.
a. 1578. Lindesay (Pitscottie), Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.), I. 26. It is supponit he thocht seing the cuntrie swa dewydit as said is to haue had sum reull in the realme.
c. 1587. Montgomerie, Sonn., lxiv. 1. I am sorie that ȝe suld suppone Me to be one in lucre to delyte.
1597. Skene, De Verb. Sign., s.v. Bastardus, And (as I suppone) na reasone can be given quhairfore it is so called.
b. With reference to future events: To look for, expect, anticipate: = SUPPOSE v. 4.
c. 1550. Rolland, Crt. Venus, I. 925. For I suppone he will me hald partie.
a. 1578. Lindesay (Pitscottie), Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.), I. 21. To haue support aganis the gouernour … quhome he supponit schortlie to cum to invaid him.
c. 1614. Sir W. Mure, Dido & Æneas, I. 976. She … in love suppones A sweeter issue.
3. To assume, take for granted: = SUPPOSE v. 6, 9. Also as conj. = SUPPOSE v. 7 e.
1536. Bellenden, Cron. Scot. (1821), I. p. lv. First, I suppone, that the thing that I say … be nocht takin in repreif of every man.
1637. Gillespie, Eng. Pop. Cerem., IV. i. 2. Because he could not prove this … he choosed to suppone it.
1650. Mure, Cry of Blood, 157. The Taske in hand, suppone the hazard great, Yet neither case, nor cure are desperate.
a. 1658. Durham, Comm. Revelation i. 5 (1660), 13. It suppones two objects of Worship, and two kinds of Divine Worship: which is false.
4. To place under. rare–0.
1611. Cotgr., Supposement, a supponing, or putting of a thing vnder another.
