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presumption
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French presumption, from Old French presumption, from Late Latin praesumpti?nem, accusative singular of Latin praesumpti?.
Noun
presumption (countable and uncountable, plural presumptions)
- the act of presuming, or something presumed
- the belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true
- the condition upon which something is presumed
- (dated) arrogant behaviour; the act of venturing beyond due bounds of reverence or respect
- (law) An inference that a trier of fact is either permitted or required to draw under certain factual circumstances (as prescribed by statute or case law) unless the party against whom the inference is drawn is able to rebut it with admissible, competent evidence.
- Bandini Petroleum Co. v. Superior Court, 284 U.S. 8, 18–19 (1931)
- The state, in the exercise of its general power to prescribe rules of evidence, may provide that proof of a particular fact, or of several facts taken collectively, shall be prima facie evidence of another fact when there is some rational connection between the fact proved and the ultimate fact presumed. The legislative presumption is invalid when it is entirely arbitrary, or creates an invidious discrimination, or operates to deprive a party of a reasonable opportunity to present the pertinent facts in his defense.
- Bandini Petroleum Co. v. Superior Court, 284 U.S. 8, 18–19 (1931)
Synonyms
- overhope
Translations
Middle French
Noun
presumption f (plural presumptions)
- assumption
Descendants
- French: présomption
References
- presomption on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Old French
Etymology
First known attestation circa 1180 in Anglo-Norman as presumpsion. Borrowed from Latin praesumpti?.
Noun
presumption f (oblique plural presumptions, nominative singular presumption, nominative plural presumptions)
- (often law) presumption (something which is presumed)
Descendants
- ? English: presumption
- French: présomption
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (presumpcion, supplement)
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conceit
English
Alternative forms
- conceipt (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English conceyte, formed from conceyven by analogy with pairs such as (Modern English) deceive~deceit, receive~receipt etc. Doublet of concept and concetto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?si?t/
- Rhymes: -i?t
Noun
conceit (countable and uncountable, plural conceits)
- (obsolete) Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought. [14th–18th c.]
- 1611, King James Version, Proverbs 26:12
- a man wise in his own conceit
- 1611, King James Version, Proverbs 26:12
- The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.
- c. 1590, Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
- How often, alas! did her eyes say unto me that they loved! and yet I, not looking for such a matter, had not my conceit open to understand them.
- c. 1590, Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
- Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
- (obsolete) Opinion, (neutral) judgment. [14th–18th c.]
- (now rare, dialectal) Esteem, favourable opinion. [from 15th c.]
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 345:
- [G]ive him thy thanks for putting her into conceit with the sex that thou hast given her so much reason to execrate.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 345:
- (countable) A novel or fanciful idea; a whim. [from 16th c.]
- 1679, John Dryden, The Essay on Satire
- Tasso […] is full of conceits […] which are not only below the dignity of heroic verse but contrary to its nature.
- 2012, Lauren Elkin, Scott Esposito, The End of Oulipo?: An attempt to exhaust a movement
- The book's main conceit is to make poetry from univocal words (words containing just one vowel) […]
- 1679, John Dryden, The Essay on Satire
- (countable, rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device. [from 16th c.]
- Coordinate terms: metaphor, simile, concetto
- (uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris. [from 17th c.]
- 1826, Nathaniel Cotton, Fables
- Plum'd with conceit he calls aloud.
- 1826, Nathaniel Cotton, Fables
- Design; pattern.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
conceit (third-person singular simple present conceits, present participle conceiting, simple past and past participle conceited)
- (obsolete) To form an idea; to think.
- 1643: John Milton, The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce
- Those whose […] vulgar apprehensions conceit but low of matrimonial purposes.
- 1643: John Milton, The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce
- (obsolete, transitive) To conceive.
- The strong, by conceiting themselves weak, are therebly rendered as inactive […] as if they really were so.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.23:
- That owls and ravens are ominous appearers, and presignifying unlucky events, as Christians yet conceit, was also an augurial conception.
Further reading
- conceit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- conceit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- conceit at OneLook Dictionary Search
Middle English
Noun
conceit
- Alternative form of conceyte
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