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Webster 1913 Edition
Presumer
Pre-sum′er
,Noun.
One who presumes; also, an arrogant person.
Sir H. Wotton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Presumer
PRESU'MER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
presumer
presumer
See also: présumer
English
Noun
presumer (plural presumers)
- One who presumes, especially in an arrogant way.
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Middle French
Etymology
Verb
presumer
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 | ||||||
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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
Borrowing from Latin praesumo.
Verb
presumer
Descendants
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (presumer, supplement)
- presumer on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub