A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1611-1632
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Suppositio(u)n, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. supposicion (c1449), supposition (1569), OF supposition (13th c. in Larousse), L. suppositiōn-, f. suppositum, supine of suppōnere.] a. Impersonation, fraudulently taking the place of (another). b. A fancy, notion or idea. —a. 1611 Criminal Trials III 211.
Ȝe haif committed the crymes of thift [etc.] … and dissaitful suppositioun of ane counterfute personage … to assume and vsurpe the name and personage of the said Johnne —b. 1632 Lithgow Trav. ii 69.
Songs of Arcadian sheepheards … did recreate my fatigated corps with many sugred suppositions
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