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Pantagruelism :: Pantagruelism (n.) An assumption of buffoonery to cover some serious purpose.

Petitionarily :: Petitionarily (adv.) By way of begging the question; by an assumption.

Assumably :: Assumably (adv.) By way of assumption.

Prolepsis :: Prolepsis (n.) A necessary truth or assumption; a first or assumed principle.

Fiction :: Fiction (n.) An assumption of a possible thing as a fact, irrespective of the question of its truth..

Polymorphosis :: Polymorphosis (n.) The assumption of several structural forms without a corresponding difference in function; -- said of sponges, etc..

Pretence :: Pretence (n.) The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension.

Assumption :: Assumption (n.) The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting..

Fulminate :: Fulminate (v. i.) To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.

Presume :: Presume (v. i.) To venture, go, or act, by an assumption of leave or authority not granted; to go beyond what is warranted by the circumstances of the case; to venture beyond license; to take liberties; -- often with on or upon before the ground of confidence..

Assumption :: Assumption (n.) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

Arrogance :: Arrogance (n.) The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption..

Assumption :: Assumption (n.) The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim..

Assumptive :: Assumptive (a.) Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized by assumption; making unwarranted claims..

Postulation :: Postulation (n.) The act of postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation; suit; cause..

Assumption :: Assumption (n.) The taking of a person up into heaven.

Skepticism :: Skepticism (n.) The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles..

Larva :: Larva (n.) The early, immature form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the assumption of the mature shape..

Gratuitous :: Gratuitous (a.) Not called for by the circumstances; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; as, a gratuitous assumption..

Incognito :: Incognito (a.) The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized.

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