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assumed

[uh-soomd] Origin

as·sumed

[uh-soomd]
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.

Origin:
1615–25; assume + -ed2

as·sum·ed·ly [uh-soo-mid-lee] , adverb
non·as·sumed, adjective
self-as·sumed, adjective
un·as·sumed, adjective
well-as·sumed, adjective

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as·sume

[uh-soom] verb, -sumed, -sum·ing.
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.
to take on; be invested or endowed with: The situation assumed a threatening character.
EXPAND
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.
COLLAPSE
verb (used without object)
10.
to take something for granted; presume.

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

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.


1. presuppose. 6. See pretend.

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assumed (əˈsjuːmd)
 
adj
1.  false; fictitious: an assumed name
2.  taken for granted: an assumed result
3.  usurped; arrogated: an assumed authority

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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
EXPAND
assumpt. 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.
COLLAPSE
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