Presume

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Presume \Pre*sume"\, v. i.
     1. 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.
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     2. 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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              Do not presume too much upon my love. --Shak.
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              This man presumes upon his parts.     --Locke.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Presume \Pre*sume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Presumed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Presuming}.] [F. pr['e]sumer, L. praesumere,
     praesumptum; prae before + sumere to take. See {Assume},
     {Redeem}.]
     1. To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake
        without leave or authority previously obtained.
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              Dare he presume to scorn us in this manner? --Shak.
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              Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. 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.
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              Every man is to be presumed innocent till he is
              proved to be guilty.                  --Blackstone.
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              What rests but that the mortal sentence pass, . . .
              Which he presumes already vain and void,
              Because not yet inflicted?            --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  presume
       v 1: take to be the case or to be true; accept without
            verification or proof; "I assume his train was late"
            [syn: {assume}, {take for granted}]
       2: take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission;
          "How dare you call my lawyer?" [syn: {make bold}, {dare}]
       3: constitute reasonable evidence for; "A restaurant bill
          presumes the consumption of food"
       4: take liberties or act with too much confidence

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  164 Moby Thesaurus words for "presume":
     account, account as, adjudge, adjudicate, affect, allegorize,
     allow, allude to, anticipate, aspire to, assume, attempt, bank on,
     be afraid, be judicious, be predisposed, believe, bring,
     bring to mind, call for, comprise, conceive, conclude, confide,
     conjecture, connote, consider, contain, contemplate, count,
     count on, dare, daresay, deduce, deem, deride, desire, divine,
     dread, dream, encroach upon, entail, envisage, esteem, estimate,
     exercise judgment, expect, express an opinion, face, fancy, feel,
     feel confident, forejudge, foresee, form an opinion, gather,
     get fresh, get smart, go off half-cocked, grant, guess,
     harbor the hope, have a hunch, have a nerve, have an idea,
     have an impression, have an inkling, have in mind, have the cheek,
     have the gall, have the idea, hazard, hint, hold, hold as,
     hold in contempt, hope, hope against hope, hope and pray, hope for,
     hope in, hope to God, hypothecate, hypothesize, imagine, implicate,
     imply, import, impose on, impose upon, infer, infringe, insinuate,
     intimate, intrude, involve, judge, judge beforehand, jump the gun,
     lead to, lean upon, let, let be, live in hopes, look upon as,
     maintain, make bold, make free, mean, mean to say,
     nurture the hope, obtrude, opine, pine, point indirectly to, posit,
     postulate, preconceive, preconclude, predecide, predetermine,
     prefigure, prejudge, premise, presuppose, presurmise, pretend,
     provisionally accept, reckon, regard, rely on, repute, require,
     rest assured, ridicule, say, set down as, speculate, subsume,
     suggest, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, take for,
     take for granted, take in, take it, take liberties,
     take liberties with, take the liberty, take to be, taunt, theorize,
     think, think likely, think of, trow, trust, understand, venture,
     venture to say, view as, ween