Definition of sump

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Sump (n.) The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there..

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Transumpt :: Transumpt (n.) A copy or exemplification of a record.
Presumptively :: Presumptively (adv.) By presumption, or supposition grounded or probability; presumably..
Assumption :: Assumption (n.) The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting..
Wear :: Wear (n.) The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear of a garment..
Wear :: Wear (v. i.) To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; -- hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as, a man wears well as an acquaintance..
Wearing :: Wearing (n.) The act of one who wears; the manner in which a thing wears; use; conduct; consumption.
Arrogance :: Arrogance (n.) The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption..
Resumptive :: Resumptive (a.) Taking back; resuming, or tending toward resumption; as, resumptive measures..
Presumption :: Presumption (n.) Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken place..
Consumptive :: Consumptive (n.) One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives..
Consumption :: Consumption (n.) A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption..
Sumptuous :: Sumptuosity (n.) Expensiveness; costliness; sumptuousness.
Sump :: Sump (n.) The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there..
Feast :: Feast (v. t.) To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table bountifully; as, he was feasted by the king..
Whippersnapper :: Whippersnapper (n.) A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person..
Surrebound :: Surquidry (n.) Overweening pride; arrogance; presumption; insolence.
Resurrection :: Resurrection (n.) Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment..
Underconsumption :: Underconsumption (n.) Consumption of less than is produced; consumption of less than the usual amount.
Sumpter :: Sumpter (n.) An animal, especially a horse, that carries packs or burdens; a baggage horse..
Riches :: Riches (a.) That which appears rich, sumptuous, precious, or the like..
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