PRAESUMPSIT, praesumpsit
Sounds Like: pry-eh-SOOM-sit
Translations: he presumed, she presumed, it presumed, he dared, she dared, it dared, he undertook, she undertook, it undertook
From the root: PRAESUMO
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is the third person singular perfect active indicative form of the verb 'praesumo'. It means 'to presume', 'to dare', or 'to undertake'. It describes an action that was completed in the past by a single subject (he, she, or it). For example, it could be used to say 'he dared to speak' or 'she presumed to act'.
Inflection: Third Person, Singular, Perfect, Active, Indicative
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, PRAESUMO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- PRAESUMERET — he might presume, he would presume, he should presume, he was presuming, she might presume, she would presume, she should presume, she was presuming, it might presume, it would presume, it should presume, it was presuming
- PRAESUMO — to presume, to take beforehand, to anticipate, to suppose, to dare, to venture
- PRAESUMUNT — they presume, they suppose, they anticipate, they dare, they take for granted
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