All 3 Uses of
presume
in
Washington Square
- "Oh, a position is more than I should presume to call it," Morris Townsend answered.†
Chpt 9
- "No one but I," said Catherine, who felt as if she were making the most presumptuous speech of her life, and yet at the same time had an instinct that she was right in doing so.†
Chpt 17 *
- "You behave beautifully about not going with us," Catherine answered, not presuming to examine this analogy.†
Chpt 23
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