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suppositive
[suh-poz-i-tiv]
adjective
of the nature of or involving supposition; suppositional.
supposititious or false.
Grammar.expressing or noting supposition, as the words if, granting, or provided.
noun
Grammar.a suppositive word.
suppositive
/ əˈɒɪɪ /
adjective
of, involving, or arising out of supposition
grammar denoting a conjunction introducing a clause expressing a supposition, as for example if, supposing, or provided that
noun
grammar a suppositive conjunction
Other Word Forms
- suppositively adverb
- nonsuppositive adjective
- nonsuppositively adverb
- unsuppositive adjective
- ܱˈDzپ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of suppositive1
Example Sentences
Both the first and second propositions are conditional or suppositive, therefore in Esperanto the Conditional mood is logically employed, as:—Se ili estus riĉaj, ili estus feliĉaj = If they were rich, they would be happy.
Laws or Principles are yet undiscovered there, and in their place we find Generalizations—Suppositive or Proximate Laws—which are in process of proof, or already established by such evidence as the Inductive Method can array, and which carry the conviction of their correctness with varying degrees of force, to larger or smaller classes of investigators.
Adj. supposing &c. v.; given, mooted, postulatory†; assumed &c. v.; supposititious, suppositive†, suppositious; gratuitous, speculative, conjectural, hypothetical, theoretical, academic, supposable, presumptive, putative; suppositional. suggestive, allusive.
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