PRESUMER
PRESU'MER, noun One that presumes; also, an arrogant person.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PRESUMING
PRESU'MING, participle present tense Taking as true, or supposing to be entitled to belief, on probable evidence.1.adjective Venturing without positive permission; too confident...
PRESUMPTION
PRESUMP'TION, noun [Latin proesumption.]1. Supposition of the truth or real existence of something without direct or positive proof of the fact, but grounded on circumstantial o...
PRESUMPTIVE
PRESUMP'TIVE, adjective Taken by previous supposition; grounded on probable evidence.1. Unreasonably confident; adventuring without reasonable ground to expect success; presumpt...
PRESUMPTIVELY
PRESUMP'TIVELY, adverb By presumption, or supposition grounded on probability.
PRESUMPTUOUS
PRESUMP'TUOUS, adjective1. Bold and confident to excess; adventuring without reasonable ground of success; hazarding safety on too slight grounds; rash; applied to persons; as a...
PRESUMPTUOUSLY
PRESUMP'TUOUSLY, adverb With rash confidence.1. Arrogantly; insolently.2. Willfully; in bold defiance of conscience or violation of known duty; as, to sin presumptuously Numbers...
PRESUMPTUOUSNESS
PRESUMP'TUOUSNESS, noun The quality of being presumptuous or rashly confident; groundless confidence; arrogance; irreverent boldness or forwardness.
PRESUPPOSAL
PRESUPPOSAL, noun presuppo'zal. [pre and supposal.]Supposal previously formed; presupposition.
PRESUPPOSE
PRESUPPO'SE, verb transitive presuppo'ze. [Eng. pre and suppose.] To suppose as previous; to imply as antecedent. The existence of created things presupposes the existence of a ...
PRESUPPOSED
PRESUPPO'SED, participle passive Supposed to be antecedent.
PRESUPPOSING
PRESUPPO'SING, participle present tense Supposing to be previous.
PRESUPPOSITION
PRESUPPOSI'TION, noun Supposition previously formed.1. Supposition of something antecedent.
PRESURMISE
PRESURMISE, noun presurmi'ze. [pre and surmise.]A surmise previously formed.
PRETEND
PRETEND', verb transitive [Latin proetendo; proe, before, and tendo, to tend, to reach or stretch.]1. Literally, to reach or stretch forward; used by Dryden, but this use is not...
PRETENDED
PRETEND'ED, participle passive Held out, as a false appearance; feigned; simulated.1.adjective Ostensible; hypocritical; as a pretended reason or motive; pretended zeal.
PRETENDEDLY
PRETEND'EDLY, adverb By false appearance or representation.
PRETENDER
PRETEND'ER, noun One who makes a show of something not real; one who lays claim to any thing.1. In English history, the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who lays claim to the...
PRETENDERSHIP
PRETEND'ERSHIP, noun The right or claim of the Pretender.
PRETENDING
PRETEND'ING, participle present tense Holding out a false appearance; laying claim to, or attempting to make others believe one is what in truth he is not, or that he has or doe...
PRETENDINGLY
PRETEND'INGLY, adverb Arrogantly; presumptuously.
PRETENSE
PRETENSE, noun pretens'. [Latin proetensus, proetendo.]1. A holding out or offering to others something false or feigned; a presenting to others, either in words or actions, a f...
PRETENSED
PRETENS'ED, adjective Pretended; feigned; as a pretensed right to land. [Little used.]
PRETENSION
PRETEN'SION, noun1. Claim, true or false; a holding out the appearance of right or possession of a thing, with a view to make others believe what is not real, or what, if true, ...
PRETENTATIVE
PRETENT'ATIVE, adjective [Latin proe and tento, to try.]That may be previously tried or attempted. [Little used.]
PRETER
PRETER, a Latin preposition, [proeter,] is used in some English words as a prefix. Its proper signification is beyond, hence beside, more.
PRETERIMPERFECT
PRETERIMPER'FECT, adjective [beyond or beside unfinished.] In grammar, designating the tense which expresses action or being not perfectly past; an awkward epithet, very ill app...