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preassume, v.|priːəˈsjuːm|
[pre- A. 1.]
†1. trans. To take previously or beforehand.
1620Venner Via Recta (1650) 315 Before the meat preassumed be well concocted. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 318 If any preassume this, lethal poyson..shall not hurt him.
2. To assume or take for granted beforehand.
1789T. Taylor Proclus' Comm. II. 129 It is necessary to pre-assume that a b is equal to c d, in order that the circles may be also equal. 1816Coleridge Statesm. Man. (1817) 365 All alike pre-assume, with Mr. Locke, that the mind contains only the relics of the senses. |