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Not consummated; not finished; incomplete. Sir M. Hale. -- In`con*sum"mate*ness, n.

Inconsumable. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.

To take in; to absorb. [Obs.]

To draw in; to swallow. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Lit., closed sea; hence, a body of water within the separate jurisdiction of the nation; -- opposed to open sea, the water open to all nations and over which no single nation has special control.

The middle of summer. Shak. Midsummer daisy (Bot.), the oxeye daisy.

Wrong summation.

The general plea or denial in an action of assumpsit.

The third division of the stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies, and Illust. under Ruminant.

Any American marsupial of the genera Didelphys and Chironectes. The common species of the United States is Didelphys Virginiana.

A sum or quantity over; surplus. [Obs.] Holinshed.

An opossum. [Colloq. U. S.] To play possum, To act possum, to feign ignorance, indifference or inattention, with the intent to deceive; to dissemble; -- in allusion to the habit of the opossum, which feigns death when attacked or alarmed.

Such as may be presumed or supposed to be true; that seems entitled to belief without direct evidence.

In a presumable manner; by, or according to, presumption.

To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained. Dare he presume to scorn us in this manner Shak. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. Milton.

By presumption.

One who presumes; also, an arrogant person. Sir H. Wotton.

Confidently; arrogantly.

The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.

Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof.