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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Supposititious  \Sup*pos`i*ti"tious\,  a.  [L.  suppositicus.  See 
  {Supposition}.] 
  1.  Fraudulently  substituted  for  something  else;  not  being 
  what  is  purports  to  be  not  genuine;  spurious; 
  counterfeit;  as  a  supposititious  child;  a  supposititious 
  writing.  --Bacon. 
 
  2.  Suppositional;  hypothetical.  [R.]  --Woodward.  -- 
  {Sup*pos`i*ti"tious*ly},  adv  -- 
  {Sup*pos`i*ti"tious*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  supposititious 
  adj  :  based  primarily  on  surmise  rather  than  adequate  evidence; 
  "theories  about  the  extinction  of  dinosaurs  are  still 
  highly  conjectural";  "the  supposed  reason  for  his 
  absence";  "suppositious  reconstructions  of  dead 
  languages";  "supposititious  hypotheses"  [syn:  {conjectural}, 
  {supposed},  {suppositional},  {suppositious}] 




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