Definition of assume

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Assume (v. i.) To undertake, as by a promise..

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Materialize :: Materialize (v. t.) To cause to assume a character appropriate to material things; to occupy with material interests; as, to materialize thought..
Counterfeiter :: Counterfeiter (n.) One who assumes a false appearance or semblance; one who makes false pretenses.
Assumedly :: Assumedly (adv.) By assumption.
Feint :: Feint (a.) That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
Assume :: Assume (v. t.) To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly..
Beg :: Beg (v. t.) To take for granted; to assume without proof.
Assume :: Assume (v. i.) To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due.
Datum :: Datum (n.) The quantities or relations which are assumed to be given in any problem.
Teleology :: Teleology (n.) the doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of organic life, particularly those of evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose..
Axis :: Axis (n.) One of several imaginary lines, assumed in describing the position of the planes by which a crystal is bounded..
Self-assumed :: Self-assumed (a.) Assumed by one's own act, or without authority..
Imposture :: Imposture (n.) The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.
Incognito :: Incognito (a.) One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name..
Arrogate :: Arrogate (v. t.) To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings..
Sport :: Sport (v. i.) To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; -- said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal. See Sport, n., 6..
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..
Beggar :: Beggar (n.) One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.
Compare :: Compare (v. i.) To vie; to assume a likeness or equality.
Impropriate :: Impropriate (v. t.) To appropriate to one's self; to assume.
Understand :: Understand (v. t.) To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume.
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