Synonyms for presumptive

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pri-zuhmp-tiv

Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈzʌmp tɪv

Définition of presumptive

Origin : "speculative," mid-15c., from French présomptif (15c.), from Medieval Latin presumptivus, from Late Latin praesumptivus, from Latin praesumpt- past participle stem of praesumere (see presume). The heir presumptive (1620s) is "presumed" to be the heir if the heir apparent is unavailable. Related: Presumptively.

adj assumptive

Example sentences :

The judge would then qualify the crime, and decide who was the presumptive culprit.
Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman

But the presumptive evidence is so strong that it is hardly needed.
Extract from : « The Hand in the Dark » by Arthur J. Rees

But while you have no certainty of this, there is a presumptive argument on the other side.
Extract from : « The Young Man's Guide » by William A. Alcott

And thus the truth which it apprehends is at first only presumptive.
Extract from : « British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV » by Various

But we have to note that such value-standards are only presumptive.
Extract from : « Essays in Experimental Logic » by John Dewey

Nevertheless, there is presumptive evidence to support the charge.
Extract from : « The Ornithology of Shakespeare » by James Edmund Harting

She was a presumptive heiress, and had not escaped the inflation of the purse-proud.
Extract from : « Geoffrey Hampstead » by Thomas Stinson Jarvis

She must not be allowed, in any character, to accompany our presumptive sovereign to Paris.
Extract from : « The Nameless Castle » by Maurus Jkai

Here's presumptive evidence at least: or if we want more, why, we must swear more.
Extract from : « The Gamester (1753) » by Edward Moore

But while you have no certainty of this, you have a presumptive argument on the other side.
Extract from : « Advice to Young Men » by William Cobbett

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