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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.) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.

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

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

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

Assumption :: Assumption (n.) The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition..

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

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

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

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

Assumedly :: Assumedly (adv.) By assumption.

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

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..

Fiction :: Fiction (n.) Any like assumption made for convenience, as for passing more rapidly over what is not disputed, and arriving at points really at issue..

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

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..

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

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

Usurpation :: Usurpation (n.) The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power..

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

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