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assumability

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as⋅sum⋅a⋅ble

  [uh-soo-muh-buhl]
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–adjective
capable of being assumed, as an office or an obligation: Assumable mortgages are hard to find these days.
Origin:
1775–85; assume + -able

Related forms:
as⋅sum⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
as⋅sum⋅a⋅bly, adverb
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as·sume   (ə-sōōm')   
tr.v.   as·sumed, as·sum·ing, as·sumes

  1. To take upon oneself: assume responsibility; assume another's debts.

  2. To undertake the duties of (an office): assumed the presidency.

  3. To take on; adopt: "The god assumes a human form" (John Ruskin).

  4. To put on; don: The queen assumed a velvet robe.

  5. To affect the appearance or possession of; feign.

  6. To take for granted; suppose: assumed that prices would rise. See Synonyms at presume.

  7. To take over without justification; seize: assume control.

  8. To take up or receive into heaven.


[Middle English assumen, from Latin assūmere : ad-, ad- + sūmere, to take; see em- in Indo-European roots.]
as·sum'a·bil'i·ty n., as·sum'a·ble adj., as·sum'a·bly adv., as·sum'er n.
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