Supposing

Suppose \Sup*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supposed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Supposing}.] [F. supposer; pref. sub- under + poser
   to place; -- corresponding in meaning to L. supponere,
   suppositum, to put under, to substitute, falsify,
   counterfeit. See {Pose}.]
   1. To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as
      true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some
      consequence or application which the reality would involve
      or admit of; to imagine or admit to exist, for the sake of
      argument or illustration; to assume to be true; as, let us
      suppose the earth to be the center of the system, what
      would be the result?
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            Suppose they take offence without a cause. --Shak.
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            When we have as great assurance that a thing is, as
            we could possibly, supposing it were, we ought not
            to make any doubt of its existence.   --Tillotson.
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   2. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
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            How easy is a bush supposed a bear!   --Shak.
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            Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the
            young men, the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead.
                                                  --2 Sam. xiii.
                                                  32.
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   3. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of
      thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight.
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            One falsehood always supposes another, and renders
            all you can say suspected.            --Female
                                                  Quixote.
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   4. To put by fraud in the place of another. [Obs.]
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   Syn: To imagine; believe; conclude; judge; consider; view;
        regard; conjecture; assume.
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28 Moby Thesaurus words for "supposing":
      allowing that, although, as if, as though, assuming that,
      assumption, axiom, conjecture, guesswork, hypothesis, if,
      inference, postulate, postulation, postulatum, premise,
      presumption, presupposal, presupposition, proposition,
      set of postulates, supposal, supposing that, supposition, surmise,
      thesis, though, working hypothesis