All 3 Uses of
presume
in
The Mill on the Floss
- But the presumption was, that if it had been good for anything, so successful a man as himself would hardly have been ignorant of it.†
Chpt 3.5
- Philip's sense of the situation was too complete for him not to be visited with glancing fears lest he had been intervening too presumptuously in the action of Maggie's conscience, perhaps for a selfish end.†
Chpt 5.3
- "Do you think I'm a presumptuous fool?"†
Chpt 5.4 *
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