suppose

verb6

1. •
   to think that something is probably true, from what little is known about it

   • I suppose we all agree that this is the best solution.
   • I won't be back before midday, I don't suppose.
2. •
   To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.

   • How easy is a bush supposed a bear! — 1595
3. •
   To theorize or hypothesize.

   • Suppose that A implies B and B implies C. Then A implies C.
4. •
   To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.

   • Purpose supposes foresight.
5. •
   (no longer used) To reckon to be, to account or esteem as.

   • [He] keeps you from the honors of a Queene, Being supposde his worthlesse Concubine. — 1587
6. •
   (no longer used) To put by fraud in the place of another; to substitute fraudulently.