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Oleograph :: Oleograph (n.) The form or figure assumed by a drop of oil when placed upon water or some other liquid with which it does not mix.

Affected :: Affected (p. p. & a.) Assumed artificially; not natural.

Pantamorph :: Pantamorph (n.) That which assumes, or exists in, all forms..

Freethinker :: Freethinker (n.) One who speculates or forms opinions independently of the authority of others; esp., in the sphere or religion, one who forms opinions independently of the authority of revelation or of the church; an unbeliever; -- a term assumed by deists and skeptics in the eighteenth century..

Sceptre :: Sceptre (n.) Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter..

Impersonate :: Impersonate (v. t.) To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth..

Personate :: Personate (v. i.) To play or assume a character.

Point :: Point (n.) The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game; as, the dog came to a point. See Pointer..

Bell :: Bell (n.) That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital..

Affecter :: Affecter (n.) One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after..

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..

Undertake :: Undertake (v. i.) To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province..

Assumable :: Assumable (a.) That may be assumed.

Ad- :: Ad- () As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to which ad- is prefixed. It remains unchanged before vowels, and before d, h, j, m, v. Examples: adduce, adhere, adjacent, admit, advent, accord, affect, aggregate, allude, annex, appear, etc. It becomes ac- before qu, as in acquiesce..

Cream :: Cream (v. i.) To form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle..

Martlet :: Martlet (n.) A bird without beak or feet; -- generally assumed to represent a martin. As a mark of cadency it denotes the fourth son.

Indivisible :: Indivisible (n.) An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division.

Cyst :: Cyst (n.) A form assumed by Protozoa in which they become saclike and quiescent. It generally precedes the production of germs. See Encystment.

Pose :: Pose (v. i.) To assume and maintain a studied attitude, with studied arrangement of drapery; to strike an attitude; to attitudinize; figuratively, to assume or affect a certain character; as, she poses as a prude..

Renunciation :: Renunciation (n.) Formal declination to take out letters of administration, or to assume an office, privilege, or right..

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