Presume
[prɪ'zjuːm] or [prɪ'zum]
Definition
(verb.) take liberties or act with too much confidence.
(verb.) constitute reasonable evidence for; 'A restaurant bill presumes the consumption of food'.
Editor: Myra--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained.
(v. t.) To take or suppose to be true, or entitled to belief, without examination or proof, or on the strength of probability; to take for granted; to infer; to suppose.
(v. i.) To suppose or assume something to be, or to be true, on grounds deemed valid, though not amounting to proof; to believe by anticipation; to infer; as, we may presume too far.
(v. i.) To venture, go, or act, by an assumption of leave or authority not granted; to go beyond what is warranted by the circumstances of the case; to venture beyond license; to take liberties; -- often with on or upon before the ground of confidence.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Suppose, conjecture, think, surmise, believe.[2]. Venture, dare, make bold.
v. a. Consider, deem, think, believe, suppose, take for granted.
Checker: Melanie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Suppose, anticipate, apprehend, venture, take_for_granted, conjecture, believe,deem
ANT:Infer, deduce, prove, argue, retire, withdraw, hesitate, distrust
Typist: Miranda
Definition
v.t. to take as true without examination or proof: to take for granted.—v.i. to venture beyond what one has ground for: to act forwardly or without proper right.—adj. Presūm′able that may be presumed or supposed to be true.—adv. Presūm′ably.—adj. Presūm′ing venturing without permission: unreasonably bold.—adv. Presūm′ingly.—n. Presump′tion act of presuming: supposition: strong probability: that which is taken for granted: confidence grounded on something not proved: conduct going beyond proper bounds: (law) an assuming of the truth of certain facts from the existence of others having some connection with them.—adj. Presump′tive presuming: grounded on probable evidence: (law) proving circumstantially.—adv. Presump′tively.—Presumptive evidence evidence for a fact derived from other facts having some connection with it: indirect evidence.—Heir presumptive the person not son or daughter at present next in succession to any living person.
Checker: Nellie
Examples
- I did not presume to interfere with it, sir. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mastering some hesitation, he answered, Miss Oliver, I presume. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This case, I presume, contains the coronet. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- To this hour they dare not presume to touch my bread, or drink out of the same cup, neither was I ever able to let one of them take me by the hand. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- When the suggestions of hope, however, which must follow here, presented themselves, she could not presume to indulge them. Jane Austen. Emma.
- We must not, I presume, suppose that it was as large as the life. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is a portrait from the life, I presume? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Yes, he said, such an art may be presumed. Plato. The Republic.
- And he presumed on it to make himself quite at home, and call and dine here, ay? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Elinor sighed over the fancied necessity of this; but to a man and a soldier she presumed not to censure it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Hence, if any one in his presence had presumed to doubt the responsibility of the Lammles, he would have been mightily huffed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mr. Bounderby felt that Mrs. Sparsit had audaciously anticipated him, and presumed to be wiser than he. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I never should have presumed to think of it at first, said she, but for you. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I met the letters in my way this morning, and seeing my son's hand, presumed to open itthough it was not directed to meit was to Mrs. Weston. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He presumes to hold this last quality to be of no small importance. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He never presumes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Got a beard besides, and presumes upon it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This fellow, Fledgeby, presumes to be impertinent to me, Lammle. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Don't talk about presuming, Ma, for goodness' sake. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mr. Snagsby, presuming on the success of his last point, ventures to observe in a cheerful and rather knowing tone, No wings. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The policeman and I agreed that our best plan would be to seize the woman before she could get rid of the papers, presuming that she had them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Now, first of all, presuming that the assassin entered the house, how did he or she come in? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- You heard him sneer at my presuming to be scrupulous--you heard him say I had made a virtue of necessity in marrying him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- His men cleanse their fingers on their woollen aprons before presuming to touch their foreheads to Mr Boffin or Lady. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Oh, the Turks invited him to Stamboul, and then cut off his head for presuming to set himself up as a rival to the Sultan. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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