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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
assumptive
    adj 1: excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a
           subject like this it would be too assuming for me to
           decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous
           servants" [syn: assumptive, assuming, presumptuous]
    2: accepted as real or true without proof; "the assumed reason
       for his absence"; "assumptive beliefs"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Assumptive \As*sump"tive\, a. [L. assumptivus, fr. assumptus,
   fr. assumere.]
   Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized by
   assumption; making unwarranted claims. -- As*sump"tive*ly,
   adv.
   [1913 Webster]

   Assumptive arms (Her.), originally, arms which a person had
      a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now,
      those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.
      --Percy Smith.
      [1913 Webster]

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