[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- The action of supposing something, supposition. Formerly often in "on (also †upon) supposal of (also †that)". Also parenthetically, "†by (also upon) supposal": as may be supposed, supposedly (obsolete).

- Something supposed; a supposition, a hypothesis, a conjecture; an assumption.

- A notion, an opinion.


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Origin:
late Middle English; earliest use found in John Wyclif (d. 1384), theologian, philosopher, and religious reformer. From Anglo-Norman supposaille, supposail, supposaile mere supposition, (in law) a supposition, something presupposed to be true from supposer + -aille, -ail