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assumptive

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as⋅sump⋅tive

  [uh-suhmp-tiv]
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–adjective
1. taken for granted.
2. characterized by assumption: an assumptive statement.
3. presumptuous.
Origin:
1605–15; < L assūmptīvus, equiv. to assūmpt(us) (ptp.) (see assumption ) + -īvus -ive

Related forms:
as⋅sump⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
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as·sump·tive   (ə-sŭmp'tĭv)   
adj.  

  1. Characterized by assumption.

  2. Taken for granted; assumed.

  3. Presumptuous; assuming.

as·sump'tive·ly adv.
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