Definition of Presume

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Presume

To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained.

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.

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.

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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Presume Quotations

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.
Mohandas Gandhi

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it.
Stephen Leacock

The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to violate it.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.
Alexander Pope

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.
Edmund Burke

You don't have to be an heiress to look like one, if you act like one then everyone will just presume you are one.
Paris Hilton

Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Everyone's entitled to express their political beliefs. I don't presume to tell anybody who to vote for. I am comfortable telling people what my opinions are.
Ben Affleck

Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.
Samuel Richardson

Presume Translations

presume in Danish is antage
presume in Dutch is aanspraak maken op, claimen
presume in Finnish is olettaa
presume in German is vermuten, annehmen
presume in Latin is conor
presume in Portuguese is presuma
presume in Spanish is suponer

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