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English Dictionary: assumptive by the DICT Development Group
2 results for assumptive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
assumptive
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"
    Synonym(s): assumptive, assuming, presumptuous
  2. accepted as real or true without proof; "the assumed reason for his absence"; "assumptive beliefs"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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