suppositive

[suh-poz-i-tiv]

adjective

1. of the nature of or involving supposition; suppositional.

2. supposititious or false.

3. Grammar.,  expressing or noting supposition, as the words if, granting, or provided.

noun

1. Grammar.,  a suppositive word.

suppositive

/ səˈpɒzɪtɪv /

adjective

1. of, involving, or arising out of supposition

2. grammar denoting a conjunction introducing a clause expressing a supposition, as for example if, supposing, or provided that

noun

1. grammar a suppositive conjunction

Other Word Forms

• suppositively adverb
• nonsuppositive adjective
• nonsuppositively adverb
• unsuppositive adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of suppositive¹

1595–1605; < Late Latin suppositīvus, equivalent to supposit ( us ) ( supposition ) + -īvus -ive

Example Sentences

Both the first and second propositions are conditional or suppositive, therefore in Esperanto the Conditional mood is logically employed, as:—Se ili estus riĉaj, ili estus feliĉaj = If they were rich, they would be happy.

From Project Gutenberg

Laws or Principles are yet undiscovered there, and in their place we find Generalizations—Suppositive or Proximate Laws—which are in process of proof, or already established by such evidence as the Inductive Method can array, and which carry the conviction of their correctness with varying degrees of force, to larger or smaller classes of investigators.

From Project Gutenberg

Adj. supposing &c. v.; given, mooted, postulatory†; assumed &c. v.; supposititious, suppositive†, suppositious; gratuitous, speculative, conjectural, hypothetical, theoretical, academic, supposable, presumptive, putative; suppositional. suggestive, allusive.

From Project Gutenberg