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desumed

desumed is the simple past and past participle of desume.

Meaning of desume

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....

Questions about desumed

What is desumed the simple past and past participle of?
Desumed is the simple past and past participle of desume.

Words near desumed in the dictionary

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

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