supposable
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of supposable
First recorded in 1625–35; suppos(e) ( def. ) + -able ( def. )
Example Sentences
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"Odd, significantly odd, that in all its essential details this affair should tally so completely with the supposable case of crime given a moment before by the deformed wretch you tell me about."
From Hand and Ring by Green, Anna Katharine
A look at the quotations from Kropotkin will show that I have not drawn much on my own ingenuity in conceiving such a scheme as supposable.
From Anarchism by Eltzbacher, Paul
If this doctrine is true, it is demonstrably evident, that in no instance, real or supposable, have men any power whatever to will or to act differently from what they do.
From Doctrine of the Will by Mahan, Asa
The case is not only supposable; it exists as an actual fact.
From The City of Numbered Days by Lynde, Francis
In these cases, opposition of will of course is supposable.
From A Review of Edwards's by Tappan, Henry Philip
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