What does desume mean?
Desume means (obsolete) To borrow, extract, or select..
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/dɪˈzjuːm/ · verb
(obsolete) To 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, […]
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Desume means (obsolete) To borrow, extract, or select..
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[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, […]
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