prĭ-zŭmp'tĭv
Capable of happening, existing, or being true without contradicting proven facts, laws, or circumstances:
Regarded as true, genuine, etc., without actual knowledge
likely (related)
Attractive; pleasant:
Based on hypothesis or theory; hypothetical
belief (related)
Based on probability or presumption
Full of circumstance or pomp; ceremonial.
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That may be presumed, or taken for granted; probable
Likely to become or be:
Inclined to make conjectures
Given to the use of hypotheses
Of, relating to, or involving inference.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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Substituted with intent to deceive or defraud; spurious; counterfeit
Including or implying supposition, or hypothesis; supposed.
putative (related)
pre-symptomatic (related)
brain death (related)
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