assuming

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ASSU'MING, participle present tense Taking; arrogating; taking for granted; pretending. ASSU'MING, adjective Taking or disposed to take upon one's self more than is just; haughty; arrogant. ASSU'MING, noun Presumption.
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