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Latin
Etymology
prae- + sūmō (“I undertake”)
Pronunciation
Verb
praesūmō (present infinitive praesūmere, perfect active praesūmpsī, supine praesūmptum); third conjugation
- to presume, in its separate senses:
- to take before or first
- to anticipate
- to presuppose
- to take for granted
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “praesumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praesumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praesumo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.