† suppone, 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 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. |