See Also: averruncator(medicine)

presuppose (iou) and averruncator (medicine)


presuppose (iou)



presuppose verb trans. LME.
[Old & mod. French presupposer (after medieval Latin praesupponere), from pre- pre- + SUPPOSE verb.]
Of a person: assume or postulate beforehand; take for granted, presume. LME.
J. Moxon All the Authors I have met with seem to presuppose their Reader to understand Geometry.
Suppose or believe in advance of actual knowledge or experience. E16.
Bacon Corrupted minds presuppose that honesty groweth out of simplicity of manners.
Of a thing: require as a necessary preceding condition; imply. E16.
B. Russell Logical principles..cannot be themselves proved by experience, since all proof presupposes them. C. S. Lewis Alexandrian poetry was difficult because it presupposed a learned reader.
presupposal noun (now rare) a presupposition L16.

averruncator (medicine)


averruncator
<botany> An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.

Origin: Cf. Aberuncator.

Source: Websters Dictionary