Adjective : suppositious evidence. From Dictionary.com.
Here the two suppositious delinquents were pointed out. From Wordnik.com. [Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben] Reference
For examples of the two methods let us consider suppositious cases. From Wordnik.com. [Certain Success] Reference
One desired it, at the suppositious bidding of something which was nothing. From Wordnik.com. [Witch-Doctors] Reference
He is bitten by suppositious dogs cunningly simulated by stage carpenters, who remark "bow wow" from behind the scenes. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 10, June 4, 1870] Reference
And the suppositious captives were ferried by CIA-run airlines, whose existence was publicized nearly a year ago by the New York Times. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Europe] Reference
Screening failed to save Helmuth or his base; and there is nothing to indicate that the screens impeded, even momentarily, the progress of the suppositious Lensman upon Radelix. From Wordnik.com. [Gray Lensman]
And I ask you further to bear in mind that the affirmance of the conviction was not had on fixed principles of law -- for the question was unprecedented -- but on a speculative view of a suppositious case, and. From Wordnik.com. [Speeches from the Dock, Part I] Reference
To forestall the discovery by Mr. Keeler's companion of this trick, and to prevent its detection by simply feeling with his free right hand after the suppositious hands of the Medium, which are grasping his left forearm. From Wordnik.com. [Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert] Reference
Hyponoia (ὑπόνοια) was the term which, Plutarch tells us (De audiendis poetic 4.19), the “ancients” had used, and it implies a hidden meaning, a conjectural or suppositious sense, buried under the literal surface. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
My object in reference to the above suppositious statement (which many anglers will find too often a reality) is to demonstrate to the inexperienced, what very meagre sport any one must have in a clear, low water, previously fished on the same day. From Wordnik.com. [The Teesdale Angler] Reference
Let us take now the third condition of our suppositious case, i.e. partial confession. From Wordnik.com. [Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students] Reference
"I hope you didn't do more'n make a suppositious case and find out what her sentiments was.". From Wordnik.com. [The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X)] Reference
Memphis, that you are about to abdicate your throne in favor of Remeses, your suppositious son. From Wordnik.com. [The pillar of fire, or, Israel in bondage] Reference
The longer the crisis was delayed, and the more it was brooded over, the more awful the suppositious picture became. From Wordnik.com. [The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life] Reference
The suppositious bagpipe gave an uncertain, ominous howl, and he flung it down, and started back with a ludicrous expression of alarm. From Wordnik.com. [Roughing It in the Bush] Reference
But if the suppositious stranger were led to study the men a little more closely, he would be tempted to correct his first impression. From Wordnik.com. [The Duke's Motto A Melodrama] Reference
The Darien Scheme at best was but suppositious, for no experiment had been tried in order to forecast a realization of what was expected. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America] Reference
Virgin'ius next spoke in turn: he represented, that, if he had had intentions of adopting a suppositious child, he should have fixed upon. From Wordnik.com. [Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome $b to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. $c By Wm. C. Taylor.] Reference
The indication in the story that the device for annulling Constance's marriage proceeded from Joan is suppositious, but by no means improbable. From Wordnik.com. [The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time] Reference
For if they had been published, they would have been overwhelmed under such a multitude as were then of apocryphal and suppositious books, that. From Wordnik.com. [The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old] Reference
The supposed place is often very suppositious indeed -- for clusters of the common veronicas, if luxuriant, throw their blossoms about anywhere. From Wordnik.com. [Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers] Reference
He hoped in this way to remove certain suppositious bishops who had been introduced to fill gaps in the catalogues, but died in 1897 before the first volume appeared. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference
They are grounded on some suppositious set of circumstances, and declare how some given cause would operate in those circumstances, supposing that no others were combined with them. From Wordnik.com. [A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive] Reference
Thus, although we affirm the other findings, we feel that despite the trial court's professed intention to do so, it did not allow GP a reasonable profit after paying the suppositious royalty. From Wordnik.com. [IPBiz] Reference
The day before I left, while we were burying a calf I had shot by mistake, he said, "Bob, do you remember my asking you once, in a purely suppositious way, what you would do if I were to quarrel with -- Her?". From Wordnik.com. [A Pessimist In Theory and Practice] Reference
Of living a little like a disembodied spirit, and caring less for suppositious criticism than for the black fly buzzing in the pane?. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846] Reference
Solyman’s line, as the succession of the Turks, from Solyman until this day, is suspected to be untrue, and of strange blood; for that Selymus the Second, was thought to be suppositious. From Wordnik.com. [The Essays] Reference
He asked where the suppositious party was?. From Wordnik.com. [Little Dorrit] Reference
1716, for the suppositious offences of raising storms and selling their souls to the devil. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
He pointed to a suppositious canvas picture. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use] Reference
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