The Only Use of
supposition
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- The slightest inattention to these was unpardonable, and was visited upon those, under whose care they were placed, with the severest punishment; no excuse could shield them, if the colonel only suspected any want of attention to his horses—a supposition which he frequently indulged, and one which, of course, made the office of old and young Barney a very trying one.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
something supposed (rather than something known to be so) -- such as a disputed belief or assumption