Both Uses of
presume
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- The words of doom cried by the angel shattered in an instant his presumptuous peace.†
Chpt 3 *
- He had never once disobeyed or allowed turbulent companions to seduce him from his habit of quiet obedience; and, even when he doubted some statement of a master, he had never presumed to doubt openly.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(presumptuous as in: she is presumptuous) exercising privileges to which one is not entitled -- such as being too familiar or too bossy