presuppose

To believe or suppose in advance.

To require or involve necessarily as an antecedent condition.

To suppose beforehand; take for granted in advance of actual knowledge or experience.

To assume beforehand; require or imply as an antecedent condition; necessitate the prior assumption of.

To suppose beforehand; to imply as antecedent; to take for granted; to assume.

To assume some truth without proof, usually for the purpose of reaching a conclusion based on that truth.

require as a necessary antecedent or precondition

take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand