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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1590
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Sumption, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. sumpcion (c1440) the reception of the Sacrament, sumption (1572) an assumption, L. sumptiōn-, f. sumere to take.] An assumption, premise. — c1590 Fowler II 27/19.
It is not vnknawin … how impudentlie his arguments being in a lauful forme proponit, admittit the twa former sumptionis
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