presume

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  1. transitive verb To take for granted as being true in the absence of proof to the contrary: We presumed she was innocent.
  2. transitive verb To constitute reasonable evidence for assuming; appear to prove: A signed hotel bill presumes occupancy of a room.
  3. transitive verb To venture without authority or permission; dare: He presumed to invite himself to dinner.
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  • I am not a kid and Neo I presume is also not a kid. —  My Longkang
  • In addition, Sally Fitzgerald, a close friend of O'Connor from their time together in Redding, gathered what many presume is an enormous amount of material on O'Connor's life. —  America Magazine - America Connects
  • And now ... at the mention of Leon Panetta's name as CIA director - you immediately presume, assume, conjecture, and imagine every horror ... —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
  • I presume, then, that you are the source of said addition. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • It's pretty fair to assume that Sprint purposefully pushed the Instinct out of the door to us just prior to what we presume will be the launch of the 3G iPhone, making a point that it's not only Apple that can make successful touchscreen-based handsets. —  PHONE Magazine
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  1. 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.

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  1. from Middle English presumen, from Old French presumer, French présumer = Provencal Spanish Portuguese presumir = Italian presumere, from Latin præsumere, take before or beforehand, take to oneself, anticipate, take for granted, presume, from præ, before, + sumere, take: see assume, and cf. consume, resume.
 

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