Definition of assume

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

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Presume :: Presume (v. t.) To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained..
Regulative :: Regulative (a.) Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental to all other knowledge; furnishing fundamental principles; as, the regulative principles, or principles a priori; the regulative faculty..
Cyst :: Cyst (n.) A form assumed by Protozoa in which they become saclike and quiescent. It generally precedes the production of germs. See Encystment.
Assume :: Assume (v. t.) To receive or adopt.
Incognito :: Incognito (a. / adv.) Without being known; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; -- said esp. of great personages who sometimes adopt a disguise or an assumed character in order to avoid notice..
Mock :: Mock (a.) Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham..
Consequentially :: Consequentially (adv.) With assumed importance; pompously.
Grain :: Grain (n.) To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result of crystallization; to granulate..
Classicalism :: Classicalism (n.) Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art.
Alias :: Alias (n.) Another name; an assumed 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..
Circumflexion :: Circumflexion (n.) The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form..
Assumed :: Assumed (imp. & p. p.) of Assum.
Affectation :: Affectation (n.) An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
Christian :: Christian (n.) One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ..
Ascititious :: Ascititious (a.) Supplemental; not inherent or original; adscititious; additional; assumed.
Incognito :: Incognito (a.) One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name..
Communication :: Communication (n.) A trope, by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says we, instead of I or you..
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..
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..
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