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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Assume \As*sume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assumed}; p. pr & vb n. {Assuming}.] [L. assumere ad + sumere to take sub + emere to take buy: cf F. assumer. See {Redeem}.] 1. To take to or upon one's self to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes to appropriate or take unjustly. Trembling they stand while Jove assumes the throne. --Pope. The god assumed his native form again --Pope. 2. To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively. The consequences of assumed principles. --Whewell. 3. To pretend to possess; to take in appearance. Ambition assuming the mask of religion. --Porteus. Assume a virtue, if you have it not --Shak. 4. To receive or adopt. The sixth was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honorable company. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: To arrogate; usurp; appropriate. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Assuming \As*sum"ing\, a. Pretentious; taking much upon one's self presumptuous. --Burke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: assuming adj : excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants" [syn: {assumptive}, {presumptuous}]
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