assumpt
English
Etymology
From Latin assumptum, past participle neuter of assumō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈsʌmpt/
Noun
assumpt (plural assumpts)
- (obsolete) That which is assumed; an assumption.
- 1637, William Chillingworth, The Religion of Protestants a Safe Way to Salvation:
- The sum of all your assumpts […] is this.
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Verb
assumpt (third-person singular simple present assumpts, present participle assumpting, simple past and past participle assumpted)
- (obsolete, transitive) To take up; to elevate; to assume.
- 1571, Edmund Campion, Historie Of Ireland:
- From thence assumpted Bishop of Lismore.
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References
- assumpt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913