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assumptive, a.|əˈsʌmtɪv|
[ad. L. assūmptīvus: see assumpt a. and -ive.]
Characterized by assumption.
1. Characterized by being assumed or taken to oneself. assumptive arms in Her. (see quot.)
1611J. Guillim Heraldrie iii. 261 Armes Assumptiue..are such as a man of his proper right may assume as the guerdon of his valorous seruice, with the approbation of his Soueraigne and of the Herauld. 1787Porny Heraldry 11 Assumptive Arms..are taken up by the caprice or fancy of Upstarts. 1831Landor Ct. Julian (1846) II. 509 The gaudy trappings of assumptive state.
2. Of the nature of an assumption; taken for granted.
c1650Needham Case Commonw. 23 As to the Assumptive part of this Objection, which insinuates, etc. 1837Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. v. (1877) I. 82 A purification of the intellect from all assumptive beliefs.
3. Apt to take to oneself, appropriative.
1829Westm. Rev. Oct. 490 That plastic species of intellect, which may be termed the assumptive or..assimilative.
4. Apt to take things for granted.
1856Q. Rev. Sept. 399 The negligent and assumptive habits of the literary biographers. 1882Hardy Two on Tower II. v. 72 A woman's forethought is so assumptive.
5. Making undue claims, assumptious, arrogant.
1879I. L. Bird Rocky Mount. 206 An American is nationally assumptive, an Englishman personally so. 1881Echo 13 Jan. 2/5 The assumptive tone of the speech. |