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Postpositives

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PRONUNCIATION:

(pre-ZUHMP-tiv)

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Assumed; expected; inferred.
2. Giving a reasonable basis for belief.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin praesumere (to assume), from prae- (pre-) + sumere (to take). Earliest documented use: 1443.

USAGE:

“This Saturday night in their living room they are playing Twenty Questions with their four best friends [including] the boozing and brawling Fred and his fourth wife presumptive, the ignorant but jolly Carol.”
John Simon; John Simon on Theater; Applause Theatre & Cinema Books; 2005.

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