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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for presumer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

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

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praesumo.

Verb

presumer

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

Descendants

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (presumer, supplement)
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