Thesaurus: presumptive

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1. a. Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof.
2. a. Presumptuous; arrogant.
3. adj. having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance
4. adj. affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance
5. 1. Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof. 2. Presumptuous; arrogant. [R.] Sir T. Browne. Presumptive evidence (Law), that which is derived from circumstances which necessarily or usually attend a fact, as distinct from direct evidence or positive proof; indirect or circumstantial evidence. "Presumptive evidence of felony should be cautiously admitted." Blackstone. The distinction, however, between direct and presumptive (or circumstantial) evidence is now generally abandoned; all evidence being now more or less direct and more or less presumptive. -- Presumptive heir. See Heir presumptive, under Heir.
6. j:100 s. having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance s. affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance