| assume | (v) take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof, Syn. take for granted, presume, Example: I assume his train was late |
| assume | (v) take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities, Syn. adopt, take on, take over, Example: When will the new President assume office? |
| assume | (v) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect, Syn. adopt, acquire, take, take on, Example: His voice took on a sad tone; The story took a new turn; he adopted an air of superiority; She assumed strange manners; The gods assume human or animal form in these fables |
| assume | (v) occupy or take on, Syn. take up, take, strike, Example: He assumes the lotus position; She took her seat on the stage; We took our seats in the orchestra; She took up her position behind the tree; strike a pose |
| assume | (v) seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession, Syn. arrogate, seize, take over, usurp, Example: He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town; he usurped my rights; She seized control of the throne after her husband died |
| assume | (v) take up someone's soul into heaven, Example: This is the day when May was assumed into heaven |
| assumed name | (n) (law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporation, Syn. Doing Business As, DBA, fictitious name |
| assumption | (n) a hypothesis that is taken for granted, Syn. supposal, supposition, Example: any society is built upon certain assumptions |
| assumption | (n) the act of taking possession of or power over something, Syn. laying claim, Example: his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba; the Nazi assumption of power in 1934; he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts |
| assumption | (n) celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Syn. August 15, Assumption of Mary |
| Assumable | a. That may be assumed. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Assumably | adv. By way of assumption. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Assume | v. t. Trembling they stand while Jove assumes the throne. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] The god assumed his native form again. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] The consequences of assumed principles. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ] Ambition assuming the mask of religion. Porteus. [ 1913 Webster ] Assume a virtue, if you have it not. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] The sixth was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honorable company. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Assume | v. i. |
| Assumed | a. |
| Assumedly | adv. By assumption. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Assument | n. [ L. assumentum, fr. ad + suere to sew. ] A patch; an addition; a piece put on. [ Obs. ] John Lewis (1731). [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Assumer | n. One who assumes, arrogates, pretends, or supposes. W. D. Whitney. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Assuming | a. Pretentious; taking much upon one's self; presumptuous. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Assumpsit | ‖n. [ L., he undertook, pret. of L. assumere. See Assume. ] (Law) |