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pre⋅sump⋅tive
[pri-zuhmp-tiv] 
tɪv
–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. |
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Presumptive
Pre*sump"tive\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]somptif.]1. Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof. 2. Presumptuous; arrogant. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. Presumptive evidence (Law), that which is derived from circumstances which necessarily or usually attend a fact, as distinct from direct evidence or positive proof; indirect or circumstantial evidence. "Presumptive evidence of felony should be cautiously admitted." --Blackstone. The distinction, however, between direct and presumptive (or circumstantial) evidence is now generally abandoned; all evidence being now more or less direct and more or less presumptive. Presumptive heir. See Heir presumptive, under Heir.
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Main Entry: pre·sump·tive
Pronunciation: pri-'z&mp-tiv
Function: adjective
1 : based on presumption : presumed to have occurred 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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Main Entry: pre·sump·tive
Pronunciation: pri-'z&m(p)-tiv
Function: adjective
1 : expected to develop in a particular directionunder 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.
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