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单词 to presume upon oneself
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to presume upon oneself
c. transitive (reflexive). With infinitive: = sense 1b. Also intransitive as to presume upon oneself. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > overweening or presumption > be overweening or presumptuous [verb (reflexive)]
relievea1382
presumec1425
pressc1480
bear1603
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 5050 (MED) It wer ydelnes, Me to preswme by and by texpresse Hir beute al.
1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 108/2 Who so evere presume opon hym or thaime, to accept or occupie the seide Office of Sherreff, to stonde disabled.
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iv. xv. 275 Noon ought to presume himself to take eny thinge of the armes of an other.
a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 78 (MED) O, rybawde, whi hast þou presumyd thi self for to sey that þou were emperour?
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to presume (upon) oneself
c. transitive. With infinitive or clause as object. To claim, pretend, or profess. Also reflexive or intransitive as to presume (upon) oneself. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > statement > assertion without proof > [verb (transitive)] > claim, maintain, or profess
to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handc1300
pretend1402
presumea1470
profess1530
vendicate1557
pretence1567
intend1570
to show for ——1573
affect1606
to make out1659
purport1679
proport1884
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 62 I woll assay myselffe to draw oute the swerde, nat presumynge myselff that I am the beste knyghte.
1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1568) iii. xiii. 22 The prince whiche is vertuous, and presumethe to be a christian,..oughte to considre what losse or profyte will ensue thereof.
1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 51 Those who will not presume to bee able to doe anie thing, knowe how to doe most thinges, and those who take upon them to knowe all thinges, are those which commonlie knowe nothing at all.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 279 Although he much presumed to be an Astrologer or Diviner himselfe.
1666 Duchess of Newcastle Descr. New World i. 117 Neither do I presume to be a Deity.
1717 D. Manley Lucius v. i. 50 Thou! guilty, treacherous Lord of Albany! Can'st thou, who wrong'd the Queen, and wrong'd our Fame, Presume to be a Friend?
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