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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1653
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Supposite, adj. [17th c. Eng. supposite (1640) placed or situated below, f. as Suppositicious,adj.] Supposed, assumed. — 1653 Baillie Dissuas. Vind. (1655) 21.
The supposite and imaginary causes
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"Supposite adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/supposite>
