put case

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Meaning: (obsolete,idiomatic)To take as a hypothesis; tosuppose(that).[15th–19th c.]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, section 3, member 3:Butput casethey continue; thou art not so poor as thou wast born[…]1646,Joseph Hall,The Balm of Gilead:Put casethat the soul after the departure from the body may live.1868-1869,Robert Browning,s:The Ring and the BookPut case a person wrongs me past dispute:If my legitimate vengeance be a blow,Mistrusting my bare arm can deal that blow,I claim co-operation of a stick

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