Hypertext Webster Gateway: "assumptive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Assumptive \As*sump"tive\, a. [L. assumptivus, fr. assumptus,
fr. assumere.]
Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized by
assumption; making unwarranted claims. -- {As*sump"tive*ly},
adv.
{Assumptive arms} (Her.), originally, arms which a person had
a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now,
those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.
--Percy Smith.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
assumptive
adj 1: excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject
like this it would be too assuming for me to decide";
"the duchess would not put up with presumptuous
servants" [syn: {assuming}, {presumptuous}]
2: accepted as real or true without proof; "an assumed increase
in population"; "the assumed reason for his absence";
"assumptive beliefs"; "his loyalty was taken for granted"
[syn: {assumed}, {taken for granted(p)}]
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