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Meaning of desume | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

/dɪˈzjuːm/

Definitions

To borrow, extract, or select.

obsolete

Examples

“[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, […]”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

desumed desumoylate desumoylated desumoylates desumoylating desuperheat