Presume

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  • intransitive verb. To take for granted as being true in the absence of proof to the contrary.
  • intransitive verb. To constitute reasonable evidence for assuming; appear to prove.
  • intransitive verb. To venture without authority or permission; dare.
  • intransitive verb. To take for granted that something is true or factual; make a supposition.
  • intransitive verb. To act presumptuously or take unwarranted advantage of something.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To take; to take to oneself: with of.
  • To take upon one's self; undertake; venture; dare: generally with an infinitive as object.
  • To believe or accept upon probable evidence; infer as probable; take for granted.
  • Synonyms Surmise, Guess, etc. (see conjecture), think, consider.
  • To be venturesome; especially, to venture beyond the limits of ordinary license or propriety; act or speak overboldly.
  • To press forward presumptuously; be led by presumption; make one's way overconfidently into an unwarranted place or position.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained.
  • transitive verb. 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.
  • intransitive verb. 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.
  • intransitive verb. 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
  • verb. take liberties or act with too much confidence
  • verb. constitute reasonable evidence for
  • verb. take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
  • Word Usage
    "I also have an RFC (issued in conjunction with my Scotiabank account), which I presume is used by Hacienda to track taxes withheld from interest income. gpkisner"
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    act  bear witness  behave  do  evidence  
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    Bloom  Blum  Blume  Doom  Hume  
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