Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at supposes.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Supposes.

Examples

  • But while following the old play in its general outlines, Shakespeare's revised version added an entirely new underplot -- the story of Bianca and her lovers, which owes something to the 'Supposes' of George Gascoigne, an adaptation of Ariosto's comedy called 'I Suppositi.'

    A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892

  • Bianca and her lovers, story of, partly drawn from the 'Supposes' of

    A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892

  • But Church could be the man to bring this story of the early days of the talkies to life and allow audiences to wallow in what is a real song-and-dance show which boasts a heart-lifting score that includes such golden classics as Good Moring and Moses Supposes.

    This week's new theatre 2011

  • But Church could be the man to bring this story of the early days of the talkies to life and allow audiences to wallow in what is a real song-and-dance show which boasts a heart-lifting score that includes such golden classics as Good Moring and Moses Supposes.

    This week's new theatre 2011

  • Pelosi's, Supposes that she'lll get thge Rose's ...

    Feds to watch for voting rights violations in South Dakota 2008

  • A lot of performers had a fondness for this type of number but rarely did it well; Gene Kelly is an example of a guy who always had to have a three-minute mugging/clowning scene that almost always is a low point in the movie like "By Strauss" in An American In Paris -- though the "Moses Supposes" number in Singin' in the Rain actually does work.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2007

  • A lot of performers had a fondness for this type of number but rarely did it well; Gene Kelly is an example of a guy who always had to have a three-minute mugging/clowning scene that almost always is a low point in the movie like "By Strauss" in An American In Paris -- though the "Moses Supposes" number in Singin' in the Rain actually does work.

    Ye Olde Groaner Jaime J. Weinman 2007

  • Singin' in the Rain: "Make 'Em Laugh" (Donald O'Connor, many pratfalls, also that whole backflipping-off-the-walls thing), "Moses Supposes" (O'Connor and Kelly harass a specialist in elocution), part of the "Broadway Melody" (not really my favorite ballet sequence, but I'll sometimes watch Kelly's pas de deux with Cyd Charisse)

    Music 2006

  • Singin' in the Rain: "Make 'Em Laugh" (Donald O'Connor, many pratfalls, also that whole backflipping-off-the-walls thing), "Moses Supposes" (O'Connor and Kelly harass a specialist in elocution), part of the "Broadway Melody" (not really my favorite ballet sequence, but I'll sometimes watch Kelly's pas de deux with Cyd Charisse)

    Musical comedy moments to procrastinate by 2004

  • Supposes it to be by some one of Reubens's School.

    John Adams diary 44, 27 March - 21 July 1786 1961

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.