suppositious

Definitions

1. Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit; fake.
2. Imaginary; fictitious, pretended to exist.
3. Hypothetical, based on supposition; conjectural.

Examples

“[…] who knowes not how false, how suppositious, the writings and Epistles of the auncient Popes are iustly esteemed?”

“[…] a hen teaches this language with equal ease to the ducklings, she has hatched from suppositious eggs, and educates as her own⟳ offspring […]”

“[…] unfortunately for you, the real Faber and the suppositious Faber, alias Draycott, were much alike in one respect⟳. They gave way to drinking bouts at regular intervals.”

“At rehearsals the actor tossed an entirely imaginary cloak about his shoulders as though it were heavy brocade, courteously removed a hat made of air, and seriously set⟳ out on a suppositious table a non-existent dinner, after sedulously cooking it on a kitchen range that was a chair.”

“Near-synonyms: assumed, presumed, presumptive, putative, supposed; apparent, likely”

“Look⟳, Dr. Lanning, let⟳ me present⟳ you with a suppositious case. Supposing we had a politician who was interested in defeating a reform⟳ candidate at any cost⟳ and while investigating his private life came across oddities such as I have⟳ just mentioned.”

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