presuming

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PRESU'MING, participle present tense Taking as true, or supposing to be entitled to belief, on probable evidence. 1. adjective Venturing without positive permission; too confident; arrogant; unreasonably bold.
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