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praeassumere

praeassumere [ML < CL prae-+assumere] 1 (log.) to assume or undertake beforehand. universale autem in actu, precedit actum intelligendi, sicut ~ptum est in antecedente, quia objectum sub racione objecti precedit actum Duns Ord. III 217; fideliter consummavi ut veraciter dicere valeam verba thematis ~pti Holcot Sermo 221; cum vero ~itur in racione, quod simplices non debent investigare secreta scripture divine, istud non est verum Ockham Dial. 770. 2 to choose or take beforehand. posset forsitan superbire credendo ipsum propter sui nobilitatem ad tale officium ~i Bradw. CD 631E; sortem Domini ~ptam dimittitis R. Bury Phil. 4. 52; 1393 possum repetere verba ~pta Reg. Heref. 53; 1452 magister Robertus, arbiter ‥ ~ptus MunAcOx 637.

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