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Word Meanings - PRESUPPOSAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Presupposition. "Presupposal of knowledge." Hooker.

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  • PRESUPPOSITION
    1. The act of presupposing; an antecedent implication; presumption. 2. That which is presupposed; a previous supposition or surmise.
  • PRESUPPOSAL
    Presupposition. "Presupposal of knowledge." Hooker.
  • HOOKER
    1. One who, or that which, hooks. A Dutch vessel with two masts. A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland. A sailor's contemptuous term for any antiquated craft.
  • KNOWLEDGE
    The last part is the Icel. suffix -leikr, forming abstract nouns, orig. the same as Icel. leikr game, play, sport, akin to AS. lac, 1. The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance;
  • PREKNOWLEDGE
    Prior knowledge.
  • ACKNOWLEDGE
    1. To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God. I acknowledge my transgressions. Ps. li. 3. For ends generally acknowledged to be good. Macaulay. 2. To own
  • UNKNOWLEDGED
    Not acknowledged or recognized. For which bounty to us lent Of him unknowledged or unsent. B. Jonson.
  • ACKNOWLEDGER
    One who acknowledges.
  • FOREKNOWLEDGE
    Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to happen; prescience. If I foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. Milton.
  • DISACKNOWLEDGE
    To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown. South.
  • SELF-KNOWLEDGE
    Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers, limitations, etc.
  • INTERKNOWLEDGE
    Mutual knowledge or acquaintance. Bacon.
  • ACKNOWLEDGEDLY
    Confessedly.

 

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