Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To take for granted as being true in the absence of proof to the contrary.
- intransitive verb To constitute reasonable evidence for assuming; appear to prove.
- intransitive verb To venture without authority or permission; dare.
- intransitive verb To take for granted that something is true or factual; make a supposition.
- intransitive verb To act presumptuously or take unwarranted advantage of something.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To take upon one's self; undertake; venture; dare: generally with an infinitive as object.
- To believe or accept upon probable evidence; infer as probable; take for granted.
- Synonyms Surmise, Guess, etc. (see
conjecture ), think, consider. - To be venturesome; especially, to venture beyond the limits of ordinary license or propriety; act or speak overboldly.
- To press forward presumptuously; be led by presumption; make one's way overconfidently into an unwarranted place or position.
- To take; to take to oneself: with of.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained.
- transitive verb 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.
- intransitive verb 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.
- intransitive verb 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 orupon before the ground of confidence.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
- verb take liberties or act with too much confidence
- verb constitute reasonable evidence for
- verb take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English presumen, from Old French presumer, from Late Latin praesūmere, from Latin, to anticipate : prae-, pre- + sūmere, to take; see em- in Indo-European roots.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Anglo-Norman presumer, Middle French presumer, and their source, Latin praesūmere ("to take beforehand, anticipate"), from prae- + sūmere ("to take").
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