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To: C Kahn who wrote (2138)9/14/1999 10:26:00 AM
From: CharleyMike  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 6418
 
Main Entry: preúsumpútion
Pronunciation: pri-'z&m(p)-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English presumpcioun, from Old French presumption, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin
praesumption-, praesumptio presumptuous attitude, from Latin, assumption, from praesumere
Date: 13th century
1 : presumptuous attitude or conduct : AUDACITY
2 a : an attitude or belief dictated by probability : ASSUMPTION b : the ground, reason, or evidence lending probability to a
belief
3 : a legal inference as to the existence or truth of a fact not certainly known that is drawn from the known or proved existence
of some other fact

Does this mean that I've got the audacity to have the assumption that what I've stated to get you all cranked up, is a legal inference as to the existence or truth of a fact.

OooooooooooKay, I'll buy that.

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