Definition of assume

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Assume (v. t.) To pretend to possess; to take in appearance.

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Pantomime :: Pantomime (n.) A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also, any actor..
Vortex :: Vortex (n.) A mass of fluid, especially of a liquid, having a whirling or circular motion tending to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle, and to draw in towards the center bodies subject to its action; the form assumed by a fluid in such motion; a whirlpool; an eddy..
Peer :: Peer (v. t.) To be, or to assume to be, equal..
Cheese :: Cheese (n.) A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration.
Personate :: Personate (v. t.) To assume the character of; to represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; hence, to counterfeit; to feign; as, he tried to personate his brother; a personated devotion..
Consequentially :: Consequentially (adv.) With assumed importance; pompously.
Archetype :: Archetype (n.) The plan or fundamental structure on which a natural group of animals or plants or their systems of organs are assumed to have been constructed; as, the vertebrate archetype..
Fealty :: Fealty (n.) Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath by which this obligation was assumed; fidelity to a superior power, or to a government; loyality. It is no longer the practice to exact the performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation..
Assumption :: Assumption (n.) The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition..
Engender :: Engender (v. i.) To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
Hypothesis :: Hypothesis (n.) A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an occurrence; as, the hypothesis that head winds detain an overdue steamer..
A Priori :: A priori () Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to make experience rational or possible..
Assumed :: Assumed (a.) Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character..
Intervener :: Intervener (n.) One who intervenes; especially (Law), a person who assumes a part in a suit between others..
Beg :: Beg (v. t.) To take for granted; to assume without proof.
Natural :: Natural (a.) Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characteristic; not artifical, foreign, assumed, put on, or acquired; as, the natural growth of animals or plants; the natural motion of a gravitating body; natural strength or disposition; the natural heat of the body; natural color..
Affectation :: Affectation (n.) An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
Puff :: Puff (n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance..
Support :: Support (v. t.) To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain; as, to support the character of King Lear..
Pendragon :: Pendragon (n.) A chief leader or a king; a head; a dictator; -- a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs.
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