All 11 Uses of
presume
in
Mansfield Park
- And Mr. Yates, I presume, is not far off.
Chpt 23 (definition 1)presume = assume
- I was suddenly, upon turning the corner of a steepish downy field, in the midst of a retired little village between gently rising hills; a small stream before me to be forded, a church standing on a sort of knoll to my right—which church was strikingly large and handsome for the place, and not a gentleman or half a gentleman's house to be seen excepting one—to be presumed the Parsonage—within a stone's throw of the said knoll and church.
Chpt 25 (definition 1)presumed = probably (thought of as true without certainty)
- To call or to fancy it a loss, a disappointment, would be a presumption for which she had not words strong enough to satisfy her own humility.
Chpt 27 (definition 2)presumption = assumption of a privilege to which one is not entitled
- And now, Fanny, having performed one part of my commission, and shewn you everything placed on a basis the most assured and satisfactory, I may execute the remainder by prevailing on you to accompany me downstairs, where, though I cannot but presume on having been no unacceptable companion myself, I must submit to your finding one still better worth listening to.
Chpt 32 (definition 1)presume = assume
- It had been, as he before presumed, too hasty a measure on Crawford's side, and time must be given to make the idea first familiar, and then agreeable to her.
Chpt 36 (definition 1)presumed = assumed
- The Bertrams were all forgotten in detailing the faults of Rebecca, against whom Susan had also much to depose, and little Betsey a great deal more, and who did seem so thoroughly without a single recommendation, that Fanny could not help modestly presuming that her mother meant to part with her when her year was up.
Chpt 38 (definition 1)presuming = assuming
- It was presumed that Mr. Crawford was travelling back, to London, on the morrow, for nothing more was seen of him at Mr. Price's; and two days afterwards, it was a fact ascertained to Fanny by the following letter from his sister, opened and read by her, on another account, with the most anxious curiosity:
Chpt 43 (definition 1) *presumed = assumed
- He makes me write, but I do not know what else is to be communicated, except this said visit to Portsmouth, and these two said walks, and his introduction to your family, especially to a fair sister of yours, a fine girl of fifteen, who was of the party on the ramparts, taking her first lesson, I presume, in love.
Chpt 43 (definition 1)presume = assume
- If he wanted, he would send for her; and even to offer an early return was a presumption which hardly anything would have seemed to justify.
Chpt 45 (definition 2) *presumption = assumption of a privilege to which one is not entitled
- In this world the penalty is less equal than could be wished; but without presuming to look forward to a juster appointment hereafter, we may fairly consider a man of sense, like Henry Crawford, to be providing for himself no small portion of vexation and regret:
Chpt 48 (definition 2)presuming = exercising a privilege to which one is not entitled
- Let no one presume to give the feelings of a young woman on receiving the assurance of that affection of which she has scarcely allowed herself to entertain a hope.
Chpt 48 (definition 1)presume = think they know enough
Definitions:
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(1) (presume as in: presumption of innocence) to think of something as true or likely, even though it is not known with certaintyeditor's notes: Something can be presumed because it seems reasonable or because there is a rule or law demanding such an assumption. For example, in the United States someone charged with a crime is presumed by law to be innocent unless they are proven guilty at a trial.
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(2) (presumptuous as in: she is presumptuous) exercising privileges to which one is not entitled -- such as being too familiar or too bossy