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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..

Phthisipneumony :: Phthisipneumony (n.) Pulmonary consumption.

Assumption :: Assumption (n.) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

Subsumption :: Subsumption (n.) The act of subsuming, or of including under another..

Greenbacker :: Greenbacker (n.) One of those who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments..

Usurpation :: Usurpation (n.) The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power..

Sumptuary :: Sumption (n.) The major premise of a syllogism.

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..

Consumptive :: Consumptive (a.) Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting..

Polymorphosis :: Polymorphosis (n.) The assumption of several structural forms without a corresponding difference in function; -- said of sponges, etc..

Presumption :: Presumption (n.) That which is presumed or assumed; that which is supposed or believed to be real or true, on evidence that is probable but not conclusive..

Subsumptive :: Subsumption (n.) That which is subsumed, as the minor clause or premise of a syllogism..

Duty :: Duty (n.) Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods..

Pretence :: Pretence (n.) The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension.

Decline :: Decline (v. i.) A gradual sinking and wasting away of the physical faculties; any wasting disease, esp. pulmonary consumption; as, to die of a decline..

Presumably :: Presumably (adv.) In a presumable manner; by, or according to, presumption..

Prolepsis :: Prolepsis (n.) A necessary truth or assumption; a first or assumed principle.

Assumption :: Assumption (n.) The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting..

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..

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..

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