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presumptive

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Adjective

  1. Based on presumption or conjecture; inferred, likely, presumed.
  2. Based on presumption or conjecture; inferred, likely, presumed: Often postpositive, as in heir presumptive: of an heir or heiress: presumed to be entitled to inherit unless someone with a superior entitlement is born.
  3. Based on presumption or conjecture; inferred, likely, presumed: Of a cell or tissue: which has yet to differentiate, but is presumed to develop into a particular body part.
  4. Synonym of presumptuous (“making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding what is appropriate or right”).
  5. Chiefly in presumptive evidence: providing a reasonable basis for a certain presumption or conclusion to be drawn.

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