† sumptionn.

Forms: late Middle English supcion (transmission error), 1500s–1900s sumption.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sumptiō.

Etymology: < classical Latin sumptiōn-, sumptiō action of taking, in post-classical Latin also reception of the Eucharist (from 12th cent. in British sources) < sumpt- , past participial stem of sūmere to take (see sumpsimus n.) + -iō -ion suffix¹.With sense 1 compare Middle French sumpcion , sumption reception of the Eucharist (late 14th cent.). With sense 2 compare assumption n. II. N.E.D. (1917) gives the pronunciation as (sɒ·m^pʃən)

/ˈsʌm(p)ʃən/.

Obsolete.

1. The action or an act of receiving the sacrament of the Eucharist.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > [noun] > attendance or partaking of

commoningc1384

communingc1425

communion1440

perceptionc1450

sumptionc1450

sustentationc1450

manducationa1513

receipt?a1513

communicating1550

communication1550

mastication1601

theanthropophagy1654

theophagy1875

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 463 (MED) When..he had said mes, befor his supcions [read sumpcions; L. sumpcionem], þe same duffe come agayn.

1598 T. Wilcox Disc. Doctr. of Doubting sig. P3 What meaneth this particular sumption or taking of the elements in the one or in the other Sacrament, but to teach and instruct vs that as verilie as those outward things are become ours, we hauing taken them vpon our flesh,..haue had as it were al our senses satisfied therwith.

1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 443 By reall sumption of Christs body into the mouth..of the receiuer.

1664 J. Owen Vindic. Animadversions Fiat Lux xix. 461 Others think that the Sacrifice consists in three actions of the Priest, Consecration, Oblation and Sumption, or receiving of the Host.

1856 J. T. Mullock tr. A. M. Liguoki Hist. Heresies & Refut. II. 236 The words, ‘This is my blood,’ were said after the sumption of the chalice.

a. An assumption, a premise.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > [noun]

presumptiona1250

presuppositiona1533

sumption1572

assuming1602

supposition1603

postulation1648

assumption1656

positing1854

the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > [noun] > instance of

presumptionc1390

presuppositiona1533

presupposal1573

sumption1656

1572 C. Carlile Disc. Peter f. 44 The Sumption or assumption the Pope affirmeth..and the conclusion is manifest.

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 17 Analysis,..is a sumption of the thing sought, by the consequents, (as if it were already known) to find out the truth.

b. Logic. The major premise of a syllogism (see major premise n. at major adj. and n.¹ Compounds). Cf. subsumption n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > [noun] > premise(s) > major or first premise

major1530

proposition1532

major proposition1533

sumption1656

major premise1728

propositum1858

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 62 Of Syllogismes some are Categoricall..: Categoricall are those whose sumptions and conclusions are simple propositions.

1693 R. Vickris Truth & Innocency Defended 32 I deny the second Position, as being differently stated upon his first sumption.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xvi. 295 The proposition in which the relation of the major term to the middle is expressed, is the Sumption or Major Premise.

1874 E. S. Phelps in Sex & Educ. 132 Sumption.—All women ought to be incapable of sustained activity.

1906 D. Macleane Reason, Thought, & Lang. xxiv. 382 It must be observed in passing that the expressions Sumption and Subsumption, in their reversed application, are most unnatural.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sumption
释义	† sumptionn. Forms: late Middle English supcion (transmission error), 1500s–1900s sumption. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sumptiō. Etymology: < classical Latin sumptiōn-, sumptiō action of taking, in post-classical Latin also reception of the Eucharist (from 12th cent. in British sources) < sumpt- , past participial stem of sūmere to take (see sumpsimus n.) + -iō -ion suffix¹.With sense 1 compare Middle French sumpcion , sumption reception of the Eucharist (late 14th cent.). With sense 2 compare assumption n. II. N.E.D. (1917) gives the pronunciation as (sɒ·m^pʃən) /ˈsʌm(p)ʃən/. Obsolete. 1. The action or an act of receiving the sacrament of the Eucharist. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > communion > [noun] > attendance or partaking of commoningc1384 communingc1425 communion1440 perceptionc1450 sumptionc1450 sustentationc1450 manducationa1513 receipt?a1513 communicating1550 communication1550 mastication1601 theanthropophagy1654 theophagy1875 c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 463 (MED) When..he had said mes, befor his supcions [read sumpcions; L. sumpcionem], þe same duffe come agayn. 1598 T. Wilcox Disc. Doctr. of Doubting sig. P3 What meaneth this particular sumption or taking of the elements in the one or in the other Sacrament, but to teach and instruct vs that as verilie as those outward things are become ours, we hauing taken them vpon our flesh,..haue had as it were al our senses satisfied therwith. 1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 443 By reall sumption of Christs body into the mouth..of the receiuer. 1664 J. Owen Vindic. Animadversions Fiat Lux xix. 461 Others think that the Sacrifice consists in three actions of the Priest, Consecration, Oblation and Sumption, or receiving of the Host. 1856 J. T. Mullock tr. A. M. Liguoki Hist. Heresies & Refut. II. 236 The words, ‘This is my blood,’ were said after the sumption of the chalice. 2. a. An assumption, a premise. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > [noun] presumptiona1250 presuppositiona1533 sumption1572 assuming1602 supposition1603 postulation1648 assumption1656 positing1854 the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > [noun] > instance of presumptionc1390 presuppositiona1533 presupposal1573 sumption1656 1572 C. Carlile Disc. Peter f. 44 The Sumption or assumption the Pope affirmeth..and the conclusion is manifest. 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 17 Analysis,..is a sumption of the thing sought, by the consequents, (as if it were already known) to find out the truth. b. Logic. The major premise of a syllogism (see major premise n. at major adj. and n.¹ Compounds). Cf. subsumption n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > [noun] > premise(s) > major or first premise major1530 proposition1532 major proposition1533 sumption1656 major premise1728 propositum1858 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 62 Of Syllogismes some are Categoricall..: Categoricall are those whose sumptions and conclusions are simple propositions. 1693 R. Vickris Truth & Innocency Defended 32 I deny the second Position, as being differently stated upon his first sumption. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xvi. 295 The proposition in which the relation of the major term to the middle is expressed, is the Sumption or Major Premise. 1874 E. S. Phelps in Sex & Educ. 132 Sumption.—All women ought to be incapable of sustained activity. 1906 D. Macleane Reason, Thought, & Lang. xxiv. 382 It must be observed in passing that the expressions Sumption and Subsumption, in their reversed application, are most unnatural. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1450
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