| 单词 | to presume oneself |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto presume (upon) oneself c. transitive. With infinitive or clause as object. To claim, pretend, or profess. Also reflexive or intransitive as to presume (upon) oneself. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion without proof > [verb (transitive)] > claim, maintain, or profess to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handc1300 pretend1402 presumea1470 profess1530 vendicate1557 pretence1567 intend1570 to show for ——1573 affect1606 to make out1659 purport1679 proport1884 a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 62 I woll assay myselffe to draw oute the swerde, nat presumynge myselff that I am the beste knyghte. 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1568) iii. xiii. 22 The prince whiche is vertuous, and presumethe to be a christian,..oughte to considre what losse or profyte will ensue thereof. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 51 Those who will not presume to bee able to doe anie thing, knowe how to doe most thinges, and those who take upon them to knowe all thinges, are those which commonlie knowe nothing at all. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 279 Although he much presumed to be an Astrologer or Diviner himselfe. 1666 Duchess of Newcastle Descr. New World i. 117 Neither do I presume to be a Deity. 1717 D. Manley Lucius v. i. 50 Thou! guilty, treacherous Lord of Albany! Can'st thou, who wrong'd the Queen, and wrong'd our Fame, Presume to be a Friend? < as lemmas |
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