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Sumption

Sump"tion\, n. [L. sumptio, fr. sumere, sumptum, to take.]

1. A taking. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.

2. (Logic) The major premise of a syllogism.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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