Read full poem →ticity has been established by incontrovertible evidence, the volume
will, it is presumed, possess singular claims upon the attention of the
Historian, the Antiquary, and the Herald«
Dictionary Entry
With infinitive object: to be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority or permission.
In a Sentence
“I wouldn't presume to tell him how to do his job.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. presumedinnocent presumeddead presumed
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Poetry examples for “presumed”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →the scene (now withered, and condemned, as we fear, to a long winter and
sterility) we have presumed to offer to yourself, what before was never
printed of these authors.
Read full poem →patents were soon afterwards obtained from the crown,
it may be presumed that they met with a considerable
share of success. Sir William Davenant, before the
Read full poem →Still to be powdered, still perfumed:
Lady, it is to be presumed,
Though art's hid causes are not found,
Read full poem →Their praise of even the best desert
Is but to have presumed no less;
Who, should their own life plaudits bring,
Read full poem →Passages in square brackets, marked with an
asterisk, represent cither presumed omissions in
the Beowulf manuscript or parts of it which are
Read full poem →"Up led by thee,
Into the heaven of heavens I have presumed,
An earthly guest, and drawn empyreal air."
Read full poem →Nervous attacks, and their presumed causes 462