supposal
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman supposaille, supposail, corresponding to suppose + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈpəʊzəl/
- Rhymes: -əʊzəl
Noun
supposal (countable and uncountable, plural supposals)
- The act of supposing; supposition. [from 15th c.]
- Something supposed; a supposition, a hypothesis. [from 16th c.]
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographica, XLII:
- [W]e may, if we attentively consider and examine it, find that there are circumstances sufficient, upon the supposals of the excellent contrivance of their machine, to excite and force them to act after such or such a manner […].
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, OCLC 21766567:
- Interest, with a Jew, never proceeds but upon supposal, at least, of a firm and sufficient bottom.
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographica, XLII: