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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).1605 Camden Rem. 39 Not ...
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suppositively
suˈppositively, adv. [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a suppositive manner; in the way of supposition; upon some supposition; hypothetically.1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 269 marg., Not as though vertue could be in extremitie,..but he meaneth suppositiuely, if it were so that vertue coulde exceede. 1650 in Athen...
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unconfidence
unˈconfidence (un-1 12 and 5 b.)a 1670 Hacket Abp. Williams i. (1692) 124 In all his employments for this [the Spanish] match,..he never raised his style higher when he wrote than with Ifs and suppositive unconfidence.
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suppositious
suppositious, a. (sʌpəˈzɪʃəs) [Partly shortened or illiterate form of supposititious, partly directly from supposition.] 1. = supposititious 1. Now rare or Obs.1624 Mountagu Immed. Addr. 212 The testimony produced is none of his: It is suppositious, and a counterfeit. 1656 Bramhall Replic. v. 206, I...
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positive
positive, a. and n. (ˈpɒzɪtɪv) Forms: 4 positif, -ityue, -etyve, 4–5 -itife, 4–7 -itiue, 5 -ityve, -ytyfe, -atyue, 6 -ytive, -etyfe, 6– positive (4–7 poss-). [ME. positif, a. F. positif (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.) characterized by laying down or by being laid down, ad. L. positīv-us, in grammar, positi...
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