intransitive. presume of: to lay claim to presumptuously; to pretend to. Obsolete.

To claim or appropriate (a right, title, privilege, power, etc.) falsely or without justification… transitive. With to (also occasionally †for, unto…

transitive. To take to oneself as a right or possession; to lay claim to, appropriate, arrogate, usurp.

To assume or claim (a name or title) unduly as one's own; to arrogate or take to oneself. Also simply, to assume, bear.

transitive. To claim or lay claim to (something) wrongly, falsely, or mistakenly.