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verb (used with object)
1.
to take for granted or without proof; suppose; postulate; posit: to assume that everyone wants peace.
2.
to take upon oneself; undertake: to assume an obligation.
3.
to take over the duties or responsibilities of: to assume the office of treasurer.
4.
to take on (a particular character, quality, mode of life, etc.); adopt: He assumed the style of an aggressive go-getter.
5.
EXPANDto take on; be invested or endowed with: The situation assumed a threatening character.
verb (used without object)
10.
to take something for granted; presume.
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Assumers
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English (< Anglo-French assumer) < Latin assūmere to take to, adopt, equivalent to as- as- + sūmere to take up; see consume
1400–50; late Middle English (< Anglo-French assumer) < Latin assūmere to take to, adopt, equivalent to as- as- + sūmere to take up; see consume
Related forms
as·sum·er, noun
o·ver·as·sume, verb (used with object), -sumed, -sum·ing.
pre·as·sume, verb (used with object), -sumed, -sum·ing.
re·as·sume, verb (used with object), -sumed, -sum·ing.
su·per·as·sume, verb (used with object), -sumed, -sum·ing.
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assume
mid-15c., "to receive up into heaven" (especially of the Virgin Mary, e.g. Feast of the Assumption, celebrated Aug. 15, attested from c.1300), from L. assumere "to take up," from ad- "to, up" + sumere "to take," from sub "under" + emere "to take" (see exempt). Early pp. was
EXPANDassumpt. Meaning "to suppose" is first recorded 1590s. In rhetorical usage, assume expresses what the assumer postulates, often as a confessed hypothesis; presume expresses what the presumer really believes.
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