Sumption

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:35:20

Sump"tion (?), n. [L. sumptio, fr. sumere, sumptum, to take.]

1.

A taking.

[Obs.]

Jer. Taylor.

2. Logic

The major premise of a syllogism.

 

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