Middle English Dictionary Entry
suppost n.
Entry Info
| Forms | suppost n. |
| Etymology | Prob. OF supost, suppost 'foundation, base', from L suppositus, p.ppl. of suppōnere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A suppository.
Associated quotations
- a1500 Travel Instruc.(CotApp 8)281 : Yet woll suppostes go afore glistiraries for the more esy medicyne, whiche may be made like a manes fynger of white sope or of a faire talough-candell ende or of calstock pared of the rynde and anoynted with oyle dolyve; Other suppostes may be ther y-founde amonge the grocers be advise of a fesissian.