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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Assumptive \As*sump"tive\, a. [L. assumptivus fr assumptus fr assumere.] Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized by assumption; making unwarranted claims. -- {As*sump"tive*ly}, adv {Assumptive arms} (Her.), originally, arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College. --Percy Smith. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: assumptive adj 1: excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants" [syn: {assuming}, {presumptuous}] 2: accepted as real or true without proof; "an assumed increase in population"; "the assumed reason for his absence"; "assumptive beliefs"; "his loyalty was taken for granted" [syn: {assumed}, {taken for granted(p)}]
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