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as⋅sumed

  [uh-soomd]
Use assumed in a Sentence
–adjective
1. adopted in order to deceive; fictitious; pretended; feigned: an assumed name; an assumed air of humility.
2. taken for granted; supposed: His assumed innocence proved untrue.
3. usurped.
Origin:
1615–25; assume + -ed 2

Related forms:
as⋅sum⋅ed⋅ly  [uh-soo-mid-lee] , adverb
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as⋅sume

  [uh-soom] verb (used with object), -sumed, -sum⋅ing.
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. to take on; be invested or endowed with: The situation assumed a threatening character.
6. to pretend to have or be; feign: to assume a humble manner.
7. to appropriate or arrogate; seize; usurp: to assume a right to oneself; to assume control.
8. to take upon oneself (the debts or obligations of another).
9. Archaic. to take into relation or association; adopt.
–verb (used without object)
10. to take something for granted; presume.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME (< AF assumer) < L assūmere to take to, adopt, equiv. to as- as- + sūmere to take up; see consume

Related forms:
as⋅sum⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. presuppose. 6. See pretend.
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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.
as·sumed   (ə-sōōmd')   
adj.  
  1. Taken up or used so as to deceive; pretended: an assumed name.
  2. Taken for granted; supposed: an assumed increase in population.
as·sum'ed·ly (ə-sōō'mĭd-lē) adv.
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Assumed

As*sumed"\, a. 1. Supposed.

2. Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character.
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Language Translation for : assumed
Spanish: presunto; falso,
German: vorgetäuscht; angenommen,
Japanese: みせかけの
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