单词 | assumptive |
释义 | assumptiveadj. Characterized by assumption. 1. Characterized by being assumed or taken to oneself. assumptive arms in Heraldry (see quot.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [noun] > armorial bearings or coat of arms > arms assumed by owner assumptive arms1610 the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [adjective] > assumed or taken upon oneself assumpted1565 assumed1624 assumptive1831 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie vi. iii. 260 Armes Assumptiue..are such as a man of his proper right may assume as the guerdon of his valorous seruice, with the approbation of his Soueraigne, and of the Herauld. 1787 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elements Heraldry (ed. 4) Assumptive Arms..are taken up by the caprice or fancy of Upstarts. 1831 W. S. Landor Count Julian (1846) II. 509 The gaudy trappings of assumptive state. 2. Of the nature of an assumption; taken for granted. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > [adjective] > that may be assumed assumptivec1650 assumable1784 c1650 M. Nedham Case Common-wealth Eng. 23 As to the Assumptive part of this Objection, which insinuates, etc. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) I. v. 82 A purification of the intellect from all assumptive beliefs. 3. Apt to take to oneself, appropriative. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [adjective] > appropriative appropriative1655 assumptive1829 1829 Westm. Rev. Oct. 490 That plastic species of intellect, which may be termed the assumptive or..assimilative. 4. Apt to take things for granted. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > [adjective] > apt to assure assumptive1856 1856 Q. Rev. Sept. 399 The negligent and assumptive habits of the literary biographers. 1882 T. Hardy Two on Tower II. v. 72 A woman's forethought is so assumptive. 5. Making undue claims, assumptious, arrogant. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > overweening or presumption > [adjective] thristec897 overgartc1230 jollya1340 overweening1340 presumptuousa1398 presuming1434 presumptious?a1450 cock-horse1598 overweened1602 presumant1602 presumptive1609 self-assuming1647 presultory1652 assuming1695 pretending1727 engrossinga1797 hubristic1831 superweening1862 assumptious1878 assumptive1879 hubristical1923 1879 I. L. Bird Lady's Life Rocky Mts. 206 An American is nationally assumptive, an Englishman personally so. 1881 Echo 13 Jan. 2/5 The assumptive tone of the speech. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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