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desume

/dɪˈzjuːm/

desume verb: to borrow, extract, or select.

Verb

desume (third-person singular simple present desumes, present participle desuming, simple past and past participle desumed)

  1. (obsolete) To borrow, extract, or select.
    • [T]hoſe Laws, if convenient and uſeful for the Kingdom, were never the worſe, tho' they were deſumed and taken from the Laws of other Countries, ſo as they had their Stamp of Obligation and Authority from the Reception and Approbation of this Kingdom by Vertue of the Common Law, […]1713, [Matthew Hale], “Touching the Original of the Common Law of England”, in The History of the Common Law of England: […], [London]: […] J[ohn] Nutt, assignee of Edw[ard] Sayer Esq; for J....

desume meaning in Bengali

desume in Bengali

ধার করা, উদ্ধৃত করা, বা নির্বাচন করা

Forms of desume

third-person singular presentdesumes
present participledesuming
past participledesumed
pastdesumed

Origin of desume

Borrowed from Latin dēsūmō, dēsūmere, from dē- + sūmere (“to take”).

Words that rhyme with desume

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Questions about desume

What does desume mean?
Desume means to borrow, extract, or select.
What is desume in Bengali?
Desume in Bengali is ধার করা, উদ্ধৃত করা, বা নির্বাচন করা. See Desume meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is desume?
Desume is a verb.
How do you pronounce desume?
Desume is pronounced /dɪˈzjuːm/.
What is the past tense of desume?
The past tense of desume is desumed.

Words near desume in the dictionary

  1. desultoriness
  2. desultorinesses
  3. desultorious
  4. desultors
  5. desultory
  6. desume
  7. desumed
  8. desumoylase
  9. desumoylases
  10. desumoylate
  11. desumoylated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: desume (page history and authors); desume (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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