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Presume

To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained.

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Broader term 15

Acquit 76% connected

Acquitted; set free; rid of.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Anticipate 76% connected

To be before in doing; to do or take before another; to preclude or prevent by prior action.

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Bear 76% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

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Behave 76% connected

To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Comport 76% connected

To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.

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Conduct 76% connected

The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

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Deport 76% connected

To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.

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Evidence 76% connected

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the…

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Expect 76% connected

To wait for; to await.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Prove 76% connected

To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the conte…

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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Testify 76% connected

To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of…

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Manner of action 2

Presuppose 76% connected

To suppose beforehand; to imply as antecedent; to take for granted; to assume; as, creation presupposes a creator.

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Suppose 76% connected

To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the real…

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Derivationally related 8

Effrontery 74% connected

Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced ass…

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Effrontery 74% connected

Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced ass…

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Precondition 74% connected

A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.

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Precondition 74% connected

A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.

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Presumption 74% connected

The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.

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Presumption 74% connected

The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.

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Presumptive 74% connected

Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof.

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Presumptive 74% connected

Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof.

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Synonym 2

Assume 92% connected

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

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Dare 92% connected

To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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