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pre·sump·tive    Audio Help   [pri-zuhmp-tiv] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
2.based on presumption: a presumptive title.
3.regarded as such by presumption; based on inference.
4.Embryology. pertaining to the part of an embryo that, in the course of normal development, will predictably become a particular structure or region.
[Origin: 1555–65; < LL praesūmptīvus. See presumption, -ive]

—Related forms
pre·sump·tive·ly, adverb
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pre·sump·tive    Audio Help   (prĭ-zŭmp'tĭv)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Providing a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance.
  2. Founded on probability or presumption.

pre·sump'tive·ly adv.
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presumptive

adjective
1. having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance; "the presumptive heir (or heir apparent)" 
2. affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance; "presumptive evidence"; "a strong presumptive case is made out" 

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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: pre·sump·tive
Pronunciation: pri-'z&m(p)-tiv
Function: adjective
1 : expected to develop in a particular direction under normal conditions <presumptive regions of the blastula>
2 : being the embryonic precursor of <presumptive neural tissue>

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: pre·sump·tive
Pronunciation: pri-'z&mp-tiv
Function: adjective
1 : based on presumption : presumed to have occurred <a presumptive violation of law>
2 : giving grounds for reasonable opinion or belief —pre·sump·tive·ly adverb

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

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