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To this maravedi de oro was subsequently given the name of Alfonsi, supposititiously from Alfonso VI., the first to issue them.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur

He put himself supposititiously in Tazzuchi's place, and made piratical theories by the score.

From A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle by Wood, Stanley L.

The microscope—and not only that the supposititiously elementary was seen to be of infinite diversity, but that in its protoplasmic life there were new orders of beings.

From The Book of the Damned by Fort, Charles

This was a heresy he could not allow even supposititiously.

From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

It was in no way contingent on Adam's thought, but supposititiously self-created.

From Retrospection and Introspection by Eddy, Mary Baker