presultor

[Lat. præsultor, from præ =before, and salio to leap, to dance.) A leader or director of a dance. "The Coryphæus of the world, or the precentor and presultor of it."- Cudworth : Intell . System, p. 397. prě-şum-a-ble, adj . [Eng. presum (e); -able .] That may be presumed or supposed to be true, or entitled to belief, without direct evidence or inquiry; such as may be a umed or taken as granted. jure" (of law and from law) is where law or cus- tom a umes the fact to be so on a presumption which cannot be traversed by contrary evidence. A presumption "juris" (of law) is one established in law until the contrary is proved. A presumption "hominis vel judicis" (of the man or judge) is one which is not nece arily conclusive, though no proof to the contrary be adduced. "A strong presumptive proof that his interpretation of Scripture is not the true one." -Water land: Works, i. 321. *3. Unreasonably confident; arrogant, presump- tive. presumptive-evidence, s. Law : Evidence derived from presumptions or circumstances which nece arily or usually attend a fact. It is distinguished from direct evidence or positive proof. "He who could read and write was presumptively a per- son in holy orders."- Burke . Powers of Juries, . prě-şump-tu-ous, *pre-sump-ti-ouse, a. [O. Fr. presumptuouse (Fr. présomptueux ), from Latin præsumptuosus , from præsumo to presume (q.v.); presuntuoso; Port. presumptuoso .] 1. Acting with or characterized by presumption; taking undue liberties; over-bold; arrogant, in so- lent. "She had not seemed to be displeased by the attentions of her presumptuous admirer." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xii. "Huge as the tower which builders vain Presumptuous piled on Shinar's plain." 1. The act of presupposing or of forming a sup- position beforehand. 2. That which is presupposed; a supposition, notion, or idea formed beforehand; a surmise. "Indeed the presupposition , absurd as it really is, has been generally entertained."-Lewes: Hist. of Philosophy , i. 311. prē-sür-mişe, s. [Pref. pre- , and English sur- mise , s. (q. v.)] A surmise formed beforehand. "It was your presurmise, That, in the dole of blows your son might drop." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt . II ., i. 1. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; IMG:content-1504.png:[blocks in formation] *7. To plot, to design. Malicious practices against his state."" The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-1506.png:[blocks in formation] "Some indeed have pretended by art and physical applications, to recover the dead."- South : Sermons, vol. iii. aer. 10. 2. To hold out an appearance of being, doing, or po e ing; to sham; to make a pretence; to feign; to affect. "Ann andale retired to Bath, and pretended to drink the waters."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xvii.