Both Uses of
supposition
in
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
- He seemed to yield to the justice of this supposition, in spite of himself.
p. 50.1supposition = belief
- Suppose somebody should have got over the wall of the back-yard, and stolen it, while they were merry with the goose—a supposition at which the two young Cratchits became livid!
p. 72.1 *supposition = something put forth to believe as possible
Definition:
something supposed (rather than something known to be so) -- such as a disputed belief or assumption