presumer

See also: présumer

English

Etymology

presume +‎ -er.

Noun

presumer (plural presumers)

1. One who presumes, especially in an arrogant way.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• supremer

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Middle French

Etymology

Old French.

Verb

presumer

1. to presume; to assume

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

   Conjugation of presumer

		simple			compound
infinitive		presumer			avoir presumé
gerund		en presumant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		presumant
past participle		presumé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (may be i' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ilz, elles
simple tenses	present	presume	presumes	presume	presumons	presumez	presument
	imperfect	presumois, presumoys	presumois, presumoys	presumoit, presumoyt	presumions, presumyons	presumiez, presumyez	presumoient, presumoyent
	past historic	presuma	presumas	presuma	presumasmes	presumastes	presumerent
	future	presumerai, presumeray	presumeras	presumera	presumerons	presumerez	presumeront
	conditional	presumerois, presumeroys	presumerois, presumeroys	presumeroit, presumeroyt	presumerions, presumeryons	presumeriez, presumeryez	presumeroient, presumeroyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que ie	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	presume	presumes	presume	presumons	presumez	presument
	imperfect	presumasse	presumasses	presumast	presumassions	presumassiez	presumassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	presume	—	presumons	presumez	—

Descendants

• English: presume (borrowed)
• French: présumer

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin praesumo.

Verb

presumer

1. to presume (take without permission)
2. to presume (make an assumption)

Descendants

• English: presume (borrowed)
• French: présumer

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (presumer, supplement)
• presumer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub