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Assumptive definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASSUMP'TIVE, a. That is or may be assumed. In heraldry, assumptive arms are such as a person has a right, with the approbation of his sovereign, and of the heralds, to assume, in consequence of an exploit.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants" [syn: assumptive, assuming, presumptuous]
2: accepted as real or true without proof; "the assumed reason for his absence"; "assumptive beliefs"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1611 of, relating to, or based on assumption

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 taken for granted. 2 arrogant. Etymology: L assumptivus (as ASSUME, -IVE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Assumptive As*sump"tive, a. [L. assumptivus, fr. assumptus, fr. assumere.] Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized by assumption; making unwarranted claims. -- As*sump"tive*ly, adv. Assumptive arms (Her.), originally, arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College. --Percy Smith.