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Meanings of supposable in English

Capable of being inferred on slight grounds.

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Usage of supposable in English
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Our supposable case is the second most difficult to take care of.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885
2
There are conditions, however, in which fraud is not supposable.
The Arena, Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891
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That is to describe it as a supposable instance, without-
Whirligigs
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Now, the monks, it is supposable, might be commonplace drones.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1
5
Was it really the wish to capture a supposable burglar?
A Splendid Hazard
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It is not supposable that Mrs. Eddy realized, at first, the size of her plunder.
Christian Science
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Many of the houses were large, far beyond the supposable wants of a single Indian family.
Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines
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As to corruption, the case is not supposable.
The Federalist Papers
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Is it seriously supposable that we will stop to chew it and let our prey escape?
In Defence of Harriet Shelley
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I've told you it wasn't a supposable case.
A Foregone Conclusion
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But, fancy aside, take a supposable case.
Idolatry: A Romance
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Tain't supposable that a woman like Mrs.
New Chronicles of Rebecca
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The plaintiff in this particular case is John Doe, the supposable owneh of that mining claim up yondeh.
A Fool for Love
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Because it's not a supposable case.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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We see, however, that an intention to deceive, were it supposable, would have to be of recent date.
Strange True Stories of Louisiana
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I might just as well say, He takes the conceivable for the supposable and by his logic enlightens himself.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
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