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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

suppositicus

. See

Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit;

as, a

supposititious

child; a

supposititious

writing

Bacon.

Suppositional; hypothetical.

[R.]

Woodward.

–

Sup-posˊi-ti′tious-ly

adv.

–

Sup-posˊi-ti′tious-ness

Noun.

Adj.

[L. supposititius, from suppositus, suppono.]

Put by trick in the place or character belonging to another; not genuine; as a supposititious child; a supposititious writing.