desume

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/dɪˈzjuːm//dɪˈzuːm/

verb

To borrow, extract, or select.

OriginLatin dēsūmō, dēsūmere →
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Meanings

verbdesume (third-person singular simple present desumes, present participle desuming, simple past and past participle desumed)

present singular third person desumes · participle present desuming · participle past desumed · past desumed

  1. obsoleteTo borrow, extract, or select.

    [T]hoſe Laws, if convenient and uſeful for the Kingdom, were never the worſe, tho' they were deſumed and taken from the Laws of other Countries, ſo as they had their Stamp of Obligation and Authority from the Reception and Approbation of this Kingdom by Vertue of the Common Law, […]

    1713, [Matthew Hale], “Touching the Original of the Common Law of England”, in The History of the Common Law of England: […], [London]: […] J[ohn] Nutt, assignee of Edw[ard] Sayer Esq; for J. Walthoe, […], →OCLC, page 65

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
borrow

Origin

  1. Latindēsūmō, dēsūmere
  2. Englishdesume

Borrowed from Latin dēsūmō, dēsūmere, from dē- + sūmere (“to take”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with desume

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Cite this entry
APA

desume. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desume

MLA

“desume.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desume. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desume,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desume.

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