† presuˈppone, v. Obs.
Chiefly Sc.
[In 1400 ad. med.L. præsuppōnĕre (Albertus Magnus, a 1250), f. præ, pre- A. 1 + suppōnĕre to suppose; in Sc. perh. f. pre- A. 1 + suppone (found c 1535).]
trans. To presuppose; to assume beforehand.
| c 1400 Apol. Loll. 19 Þerfor þow a persoun prescit curse bi autorite of þe [kirk], neuer þe lesse he presupponiþ þe kirk. a 1598 Rollock Serm. Wks. 1849 I. 480 This presupponeth..that the church is full of sin so long as it is in this world. 1609 Hume Admon. in Wodrow Soc. Misc. (1844) 583, I presuppone that theis grave personages wer alyve to behold your proceedingis. |