Definition of assume

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Assume (v. i.) To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due.

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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..
Assumption :: Assumption (n.) The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition..
Pluralize :: Pluralize (v. i.) To take a plural; to assume a plural form; as, a noun pluralizes..
Assumedly :: Assumedly (adv.) By assumption.
Vice :: Vice (prep.) Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc..
Act :: Act (v. t.) To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero..
Assument :: Assument (n.) A patch; an addition; a piece put on.
Classicalism :: Classicalism (n.) Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art.
Rebel :: Rebel (v. i.) To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
Cyst :: Cyst (n.) A form assumed by Protozoa in which they become saclike and quiescent. It generally precedes the production of germs. See Encystment.
Patronize :: Patronize (v. t.) To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as, to patronize one's equals..
Bridle :: Bridle (v. i.) To hold up the head, and draw in the chin, as an expression of pride, scorn, or resentment; to assume a lofty manner; -- usually with up..
Generation :: Generation (n.) A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy. Hence: The body of those who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one period; also, the average lifetime of man, or the ordinary period of time at which one rank follows another, or father is succeeded by child, usually assumed to be one third of a century; an age..
Waywode :: Waywode (n.) Originally, the title of a military commander in various Slavonic countries; afterwards applied to governors of towns or provinces. It was assumed for a time by the rulers of Moldavia and Wallachia, who were afterwards called hospodars, and has also been given to some inferior Turkish officers..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
Seemer :: Seemer (n.) One who seems; one who carries or assumes an appearance or semblance.
Incognito :: Incognito (a.) One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name..
Fairy :: Fairy (n.) An imaginary supernatural being or spirit, supposed to assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or female, and to meddle for good or evil in the affairs of mankind; a fay. See Elf, and Demon..
Decubitus :: Decubitus (n.) An attitude assumed in lying down; as, the dorsal decubitus..
Proteus :: Proteus (n.) A sea god in the service of Neptune who assumed different shapes at will. Hence, one who easily changes his appearance or principles..
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