Both Uses of
supposition
in
Gulliver's Travels
- All this I was forced to define and describe by putting cases and making suppositions.†
Chpt 4 *
- I enlarged myself much on these, and many other particulars to the same purpose; but his honour was still to seek; for he went upon a supposition, that all animals had a title to their share in the productions of the earth, and especially those who presided over the rest.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(supposition) something supposed (rather than something known to be so) -- such as a disputed belief or assumption