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Webster 1913 Edition

Sumption

Sump′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

sumptio

, fr.

sumere

,

sumptum

, to take.]

1.

A taking.

[Obs.]

Jer. Taylor.

2.

(Logic)

The major premise of a syllogism.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sumption

SUMP'TION

,

Noun.

[L. sumo,, sumptus.] A taking. [Not in use.]