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Definition of Presupposing
1. presuppose [v] - See also: presuppose
Lexicographical Neighbors of Presupposing
Literary usage of Presupposing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kant's Kritik of Judgment by Immanuel Kant (1892)
"Have we ground for presupposing a common sense ? Cognitions and judgments must,
along with the conviction that accompanies them, admit of universal ..."
2. The Work of the Teacher by Sheldon Emmor Davis (1918)
"Presupposing adult emotions in children. Emotions and ideals being presupposed
before they are developed lead to ludicrous answers to grown-up questions. ..."
3. Evenings with a Reviewer: Or, Macaulay and Bacon by James Spedding (1881)
"... immoral in the highest degree, presupposing and including a whole catalogue
of immoral intentions. How much more ought the same consideration to be ..."
4. Notes on the Hebrew Text of the Books of Samuel: With an Introduction on by Samuel Rolles Driver (1890)
"and all presupposing a text differing from that of the normal LXX, but agreeing
with that of Lucian, will shew the justice of this conclusion. ..."
5. Synonyms of the New Testament by Richard Chenevix Trench (1858)
"... not as being more precious than it, but as presupposing it, and as being unable
to exist without it. § xliii. ..."
6. Lectures on the four last books of the Pentateuch by Richard Graves (1829)
"... and the various crimes connected with it—Strict prohibition of human
sacrifices—Supplementary sanctions, presupposing a special Providence—Jewish ..."
7. The Republic of El Salvador Against the Republic of Nicaragua: Opinion and by Corte de Justicia Centroamericana, El Salvador, Nicaragua (1917)
"... necessarily presupposing, as it does, occupation, use and enjoyment of waters
in which El Salvador possesses a ..."
8. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1888)
"It is a well-known law, applicable to all heat- engines, that ( presupposing the
merely mechanical part of the machine to be perfect) the heat converted ..."
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