supposable

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And why is it "hardly supposable" that pulque was used at dinner?

From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John

That he could have passed in through the Nuevitas Channel, or the Carebelas Channel, or the Guajaba Channel, without observing and remarking upon Sabinal Key, Guajaba Island, or Romano Key, is simply not supposable.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher

In both cases supposed, and in like manner in all supposable cases, there is plainly a basis on which, in any given circumstances, we may foresee and predict volitions.

From A Review of Edwards's by Tappan, Henry Philip

They sat up all night, whispering over to each other the parts they were to act in case of various supposable difficulties.

From The Freedmen's Book by Child, Lydia Maria Francis

"Odd, significantly odd, that in all its essential details this affair should tally so completely with the supposable case of crime given a moment before by the deformed wretch you tell me about."

From Hand and Ring by Green, Anna Katharine