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presupposal Now rare.|priːsəˈpəʊzəl|
[f. next + -al1: cf. supposal.]
A ‘supposal’ or supposition formed beforehand; a presupposition.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xix. (Arb.) 206 If our presupposall be true, that the Poet is of all other the most auncient Orator. 1589[see presumptuous 3]. 1687R. L'Estrange Answ. Diss. 35 He..Proceeds upon the Presupposal of an Imaginary Breach, and Right. 1847–8De Quincey Protestantism Wks. 1858 VIII. 131 Scriptural truth..is protected by its prodigious iteration, and secret presupposal in all varieties of form. |