presuming
Dictionary
verb
- With infinitive object: to be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority or permission.
"I wouldn't presume to tell him how to do his job."
- To perform, do (something) without authority; to lay claim to without permission.
"Don't make the decision yourself and presume too much."
- To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose.
"Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
- To be presumptuous; with on, upon, to take advantage (of), to take liberties (with).
adjective
- Confidently or arrogantly overstepping reasonable bounds.
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