| 释义 |
sumption|ˈsʌm(p)ʃən|
Also 5 sumpcion.
[ad. L. sumptio, -ōnem, n. of action f. sumpt-, sūmĕre to take. Cf. OF. sumpcion, somption.]
†1. The reception (of the Sacrament, of Christ in the Sacrament). Obs.
c1440Alphabet of Tales 463 When..he had said mes, befor his sumpcions, þe same duffe come agayn. 1624F. White Repl. Fisher 443 By reall sumption of Christs body into the mouth..of the receiuer. 1654Jer. Taylor Real Pres. iii. 30 The places are exactly parallel;..both of them [are meant] of spiritual sumption of Christ. 1664Owen Vindic. Animad. Fiat Lux xix. 461 Others think that the Sacrifice consists in three actions of the Priest, Consecration, Oblation and Sumption, or receiving of the Host.
2.
†a. The taking of a thing as true without proof; hence, an assumption, premiss.
b. The major premiss of a syllogism. (Cf. subsumption 1.)
1572R. T. Disc. 44 The Sumption or assumption the Pope affirmeth..and the conclusion is manifest. 1656Stanley Hist. Philos. v. 17 Analysis..is a sumption of the thing sought, by the consequents, (as if it were already known) to find out the truth. Ibid. 62 Of Syllogismes some are Categoricall..: Categoricall are those whose sumptions and conclusions are simple propositions. 1837–8Sir W. Hamilton Logic xvi. (1866) I. 295 The proposition in which the relation of the major term to the middle is expressed, is the Sumption or Major Premise. 1874E. S. Phelps in Sex & Educ. 132 Sumption.—All women ought to be incapable of sustained activity. |