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Variant of presuppose

presuppose Definition

pre·sup·pose (prē′sə pōz′)

transitive verb presupposed -·posed′, presupposing -·pos′·ing

  1. to suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted
  2. to require or imply as a preceding condition an effect presupposes a cause

Etymology: ME presupposen < MFr presupposer, altered (based on poser, to place) < ML praesupponere, pp. praesuppositus: see pre- & suppose

Related Forms:

  • presupposition pre′·sup·po·si′·tion (-sup ə zis̸h′ən) noun

presupposition Quotes

The mathematical is that evident aspect of things within which we are always already moving and according to which we experience them as things at all, and as such things. The mathematical is this fundamental position we take toward things by which we take up things as already given to us, and as they must and should be given. Therefore, the mathematical is the fundamental presupposition of the knowledge of things. —Heidegger, Martin