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put case

put case verb: to take as a hypothesis; to suppose (that).

Verb

put case (third-person singular simple present puts case, present participle putting case, simple past and past participle put case)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To take as a hypothesis; to suppose (that).
    • But put case they continue; thou art not so poor as thou wast born […]1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
    • Put case that the soul after the departure from the body may live.1646, Jos[eph] Hall, The Balme of Gilead: Or, Comforts for the Distressed, both Morall and Divine. […], London: […] M[iles] Flesher, for Nat[haniel] Butter, →OCLC

Forms of put case

third-person singular presentputs case
present participleputting case
past participleput case
pastput case

Questions about put case

What does put case mean?
Put case means to take as a hypothesis; to suppose (that).
What part of speech is put case?
Put case is a verb.
What is the past tense of put case?
The past tense of put case is put case.

Words near put case in the dictionary

  1. put before
  2. put behind one
  3. put bread on the table
  4. put butter on one's bread
  5. put by
  6. put case
  7. put daylight between oneself and someone
  8. put down
  9. put down as
  10. put down for
  11. put down roots

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