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Adjective: presumptive  pri'zúmp-tiv
  1. Having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance
    "the presumptive heir (or heir apparent)"
     
  2. Affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance
    "presumptive evidence"; "a strong presumptive case is made out"

See also: believable, credible, likely, presume, probable

Encyclopedia: Presumptive

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