Presupposing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Presuppose \Pre`sup*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Presupposed};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Presupposing}.] [Pref. pre- + suppose: cf.
     F. pr['e]supposer.]
     To suppose beforehand; to imply as antecedent; to take for
     granted; to assume; as, creation presupposes a creator.
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           Each [kind of knowledge] presupposes many necessary
           things learned in other sciences, and known beforehand.
                                                    --Hooker.
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