Sumption

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

  Sumption \Sump"tion\, n. [L. sumptio, fr. sumere, sumptum, to
     take.]
     1. A taking. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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     2. (Logic) The major premise of a syllogism.


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