Obs. rare. [ad. L. suppositus, pa. pple. of suppōnĕre to SUPPONE.]
1. a. Placed or situated below.
1640. Brome, Antipodes, i. vi. The people through the whole world of Antipodes … Resemble those to whom they are supposite.
b. Occupying a lower position or rank; subject.
1677. Gale, Crt. Gentiles, II. IV. 196. Not opposite to God but supposite or subordinate.
2. Supposed, assumed.
1653. R. Baillie, Dissuas. Vind. (1655), 21. The supposite and imaginary causes.
