PRESUME

presume

Verb

  1. To perform, do (something) without authority; to lay claim to without permission.
    Don't make the decision yourself and presume too much.
  2. 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.
  3. To assume to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose.
  4. To be presumptuous; with , , to take advantage (of), to take liberties (with).


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