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Assume
//əˈsjuːm// verb
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
"We assume that, as her parents were dentists, she knows quite a bit about dentistry."
- 2 put clothing on one's body wordnet
- 3 To take on a position, duty or form.
"Mr. Jones will assume the position of a lifeguard until a proper replacement is found."
- 4 take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect wordnet
- 5 To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate.
"He assumed an air of indifference."
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- 6 take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof wordnet
- 7 To receive, adopt (a person).
"The sixth was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honorable company."
- 8 take up someone's soul into heaven wordnet
- 9 To adopt (an idea or cause).
- 10 make a pretence of wordnet
- 11 occupy or take on wordnet
- 12 seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession wordnet
- 13 take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person wordnet
- 14 take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities wordnet
Etymology
From Latin assūmō (“accept, take”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + sūmō (“take up, assume”).
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