Presumed

3 definitions found

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]:

  presumed
       adj : presumed to be true in the absence of proof to the contrary;
             "the presumed reason for his anger" [syn: {presumed(a)}]

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

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "presumed":
     accounted as, alleged, anticipated, assumed, assumptive, awaited,
     conjectured, deemed, due, expected, forejudged, foreseen, given,
     granted, hinted, hoped-for, imminent, implicated, implied,
     in prospect, in view, indicated, inferred, intimated, involved,
     judged beforehand, long-expected, meant, on the horizon, overdue,
     postulated, postulational, preconceived, preconceptual,
     preconcluded, predecided, predetermined, predisposed,
     predispositional, prejudged, prejudging, prejudicial, premised,
     presumptive, presupposed, presurmised, probable, promised,
     prospective, putative, reputed, suggested, supposed, suppositional,
     supposititious, suppositive, taken for granted, understood