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Webster 1913 Edition
Assume
As-sume′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Assumed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Assuming
.] 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. Shakespeare
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.
As-sume′
,Verb.
I.
1.
To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due.
Bp. Burnet.
2.
(Law)
To undertake, as by a promise.
Burrill.
Webster 1828 Edition
Assume
ASSU'ME
,Verb.
T.
1.
To take or take upon one. If differs from receive, in not implying an offer to give.The God assumed his native form again.
2.
To take what is not just; to take with arrogant claims; to arrogate; to seize unjustly; as, to assume haughty airs; to assume unwarrantable powers.3.
To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; as, to assume a principle in reasoning.4.
To appropriate, or take to one's self; as, to assume the debts of another.5.
To take what is fictitious; to pretend to possess; to take in appearance; as, to assume the garb of humility.