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Definition of Presumes
1. presume [v] - See also: presume
Lexicographical Neighbors of Presumes
Literary usage of Presumes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"facts, the accused tailed to account for the alleged stolen property "to the
satisfaction of the jury, the law presumes that he Is the guilty party," this ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"From this principle he justly concluded that the man who presumes to reign should
aspire to the perfection of the divine nature ; that he should purify his ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"This mysterious apartment is looked upon with a sort of awe, and * Baily Brothers :
London, 1845. no banker's clerk presumes to mention it but in terms of ..."
4. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: Together with an by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1849)
"His majesty's ships were taken from him, and committed to the custody of the earl
of Warwick ; who presumes, under that power, to usurp to himself the ..."
5. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"... the undersigned presumes that a part of it may be replaced by rice taken from
Sont h Carolina, where he is informed this article abounds. ..."
6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. by Edward Gibbon (1821)
"But let my lord be pleased to spare what his little handmaid presumes to claim
as her peculiar and lawful property."0 Origi. of The establishment of the ..."
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