Part 716

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<hw>As*sum"a*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By way of assumption.</def>

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<hw>As*sume"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Assumed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Assuming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>assumere</ets>; <ets>ad + sumere</ets> to take; <ets>sub + emere</ets> to take, buy: cf. F. <ets>assumer</ets>. See <er>Redeem</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.</def>

<blockquote>Trembling they stand while Jove <b>assumes</b> the throne. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The god <b>assumed</b> his native form again. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively.</def>

<blockquote>The consequences of <b>assumed</b> principles. <i>Whewell.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To pretend to possess; to take in appearance.</def>

<blockquote>Ambition <b>assuming</b> the mask of religion. <i>Porteus.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Assume</b> a virtue, if you have it not. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To receive or adopt.</def>

<blockquote>The sixth was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, <b>assumed</b> into that honorable company. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To arrogate; usurp; appropriate.</syn>

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<hw>As*sume"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due.</def>

<i>Bp. Burnet.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To undertake, as by a promise.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

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<hw>As*sumed"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Supposed.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; <as>as, an <ex>assumed</ex> character</as>.</def>

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<hw>As*sum"ed*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By assumption.</def>

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<hw>As*sum"ent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>assumentum</ets>, fr. <ets>ad + suere</ets> to sew.]</ety> <def>A patch; an addition; a piece put on.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>John Lewis (1731).</i>

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