Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AS-SUMP'TIVE
AS-SUMP'TIVE, a.
That is or may be assumed. In heraldry, assumptive arms are such as a person has a right, with the approbation of his sovereign, and of the heralds, to assume, in consequence of an exploit. – Encyc.
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