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Definition of presumptive - 4 dictionary results

pre⋅sump⋅tive

  [pri-zuhmp-tiv]
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–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   (prĭ-zŭmp'tĭv)   
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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Legal Dictionary

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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Medical Dictionary

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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