Both Uses of
presume
in
Dubliners
- I'm only a stupid old woman and I wouldn't presume to do such a thing.†
Chpt 15 *
- "Oh, well," said Mr. Bartell D'Arcy, "I presume there are as good singers today as there were then."†
Chpt 15
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