supposable
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of supposable
First recorded in 1625–35; suppos(e) ( def. ) + -able ( def. )
Example Sentences
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It is hardly supposable that this mode of preparation of soil would meet with favor among all farmers.
From The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton. How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot. by D. A. Compton
If necessity be universal, embracing all beings and events, then of course there is no place for this question, inasmuch as any other ground of knowledge than necessity is not supposable.
From A Review of Edwards's by Henry Philip Tappan
The case is not only supposable; it exists as an actual fact.
From The City of Numbered Days by Francis Lynde
They sat up all night, whispering over to each other the parts they were to act in case of various supposable difficulties.
From The Freedmen's Book by Lydia Maria Francis Child
Amen. 6Now it is not supposable that the word of God hath failed.
From A Translation of the New Testament from the original Greek by T. Haweis
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