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▪ I. preˈsuming, vbl. n.
[f. presume v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb presume; presumption.
1582Bentley Mon. Matrones ii. 172 By the transgression of Adam, whose haughtie presuming..thought to be as Thy selfe. a1694Tillotson Serm. Eph. iv. 29 Wks. 1717 II. 396 An affront to modest Company, and a rude presuming upon their approbation. 1871R. Ellis tr. Catullus xxiv. 6 Ere you suffer his alien arm's presuming.
▪ II. preˈsuming, ppl. a.
[f. presume v. + -ing2.]
That presumes; presumptuous, arrogant.
1604Supplic. Jas. I in Southey Comm.-pl. Bk. Ser. ii. (1849) 50 The Puritan as he increaseth daily above the Protestant in number, so is he of a more presuming..disposition and zeal. 1676Dryden Aurengz. Epil. 42 He more fears (like a presuming Man) Their votes who cannot judge, than theirs who can. 1859Mill Liberty iv. 139 If one person could honestly point out to another that he thinks him in fault, without being considered unmannerly or presuming.
Hence preˈsumingly adv., Presumptuously.
1608Hieron Wks. I. 697 Grant that I may not bee presuminglie secure touching mine owne estate. 1852Blackw. Mag. LXXII. 515 And thus may'st thou..meet the Fate thou can'st not see, In hope, but not presumingly. |