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Definition of Presupposes
1. presuppose [v] - See also: presuppose
Lexicographical Neighbors of Presupposes
Literary usage of Presupposes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"The mere appearance of a robin as contrasted with the reality presupposes the
identification of this object in distinction from others. ..."
2. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1849)
"conception, which proceeds from the recipient disposition of the heart.1 In this
phase of it, so far as faith presupposes an attractive power of the godlike ..."
3. The Philosophical Basis of Theism: An Examination of the Personality of Man by Samue Harris (1883)
"The act cf choosing is as follows: First, it presupposes in the intellect a ...
A choice presupposes a comparison of objects in the light of reason. ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"Canad M 45:19J- 8 Jl '15 Law presupposes uniformity. Canad M 45:14- 15 My '15 Wood.
Sidney L. Construction of cooler at Lake Placid ciub. ..."
5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"Hartman, 50 NC 185, he says : "This rule presupposes that the patent or deed is
made In pursuance of the survey, and that the line was marked and the corner ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"This classification, while slightly superficial, is exact, and presupposes the
fundamental malice of the crime in question, viz., that it is prejudicial to ..."
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