Definitions
a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming
Word origin
From pre- + Latin sūmptus + -ion, from Middle English presumpcioun, presumption, from Old French presumption and its etymon Latin praesūmptiō.
Used in a sentence
“Yet, in contradiction to all these very plausible presumptions, even this remote period teems with its own peculiar and separate instruction.”
“The presumption is that an event has taken place.”
“Note the preſumption of this Scythian ſlaue: I tel thee villaine, thoſe that lead my horſe Haue to their names tytles of dignitie, And dar’ſt thou bluntly cal me Baiazeth?”
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