Hypertext Webster Gateway: "presuppose"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Each [kind of knowledge] presupposes many necessary
things learned in other sciences, and known beforehand.
--Hooker.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
presuppose
v 1: take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I
presuppose that you have done your work"
2: require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; in logic;
"This step presupposes two prior ones"
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