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suppositive, a. (n.)|səˈpɒzɪtɪv|
[ad. late L. suppositīvus, f. supposit-, pa. ppl. stem of suppōnĕre to suppone. Cf. F. suppositif.]
1. Of the nature of, implying, or grounded on supposition; suppositional.
† suppositive necessity = ‘hypothetical necessity’ (hypothetical 3).
1605Camden Rem. 39 Not out of suppositiue coniectures, but out of Alfricus Grammer. 1621Sanderson Serm. (1632) 368 Not an absolute and positive, but a conditional and suppositive necessity. 1650Fuller Pisgah iii. x. 434 Suppositive was the offence of Saint Paul (onely on their bare surmise) but positive must be his punishment. 1662J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 186 It is a suppositive Aphorisme. 1881Scribner's Monthly Feb. 634, I said we had about one hundred dollars worth. This was a rough guess... We were, however, forced to pay twenty-five per cent. on the suppositive one hundred dollars. 1892J. Tait Mind in Matter iv. (ed. 3) 290 His verdict on a suppositive case of the kind was, ‘If they believe not Moses [etc.].’
b. Gram. Expressing a supposition, conditional; as n. a conditional conjunction. rare.
1751Harris Hermes ii. ii. (1786) 244 As to Continuatives, they are either Suppositive, such as, If; or Positive, such as, Because... The Suppositives denote Connection, but assert not actual Existence.
2. = supposititious 1 c.
1910Dyson Hague in The Fundamentals I. vi. 101 They conjecture that these four suppositive documents were not compiled and written by Moses. |