Meanings
comparative more suppositive · superlative most suppositive
- Including or implying supposition, or hypothesis; supposed.
Not out of suppositiue coniectures, but out of Alfricus Grammer.
1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC
plural suppositives
- A word denoting or implying supposition.
The words "if", "granting", and "provided" are suppositives.
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suppositive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suppositive
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