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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1600
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Suppose, n. [e.m.E. suppose (1566); Suppos(e v.] An act of supposing, a guess, conjecture or assumption. —1600 Criminal Trials II 317.
All that hath been said of them, touching their behaviour here in Berwick, is but surmises and supposes by the contrary party