assume > define

verb

• Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof.
  • usage: "I assume his train was late"
  • synonyms: presume, take for granted
• Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities.
  • usage: "When will the new President assume office"
  • synonyms: adopt, take on, take over
• Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect.
  • usage: "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
  • synonyms: acquire, adopt, take on, take
• Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person.
  • usage: "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
  • synonyms: bear, take over, accept
• Occupy or take on.
  • usage: "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose"
  • synonyms: take, strike, take up
• Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession.
  • usage: "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
  • synonyms: usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
• Make a pretence of.
  • usage: "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"
  • synonyms: simulate, sham, feign
• Take up someone's soul into heaven.
  • usage: "This is the day when May was assumed into heaven"
• Put clothing on one's body.
  • usage: "What should I wear today"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans"
  • synonyms: wear, put on, get into, don

• (v.i.) To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due.
• (v.t.) To take for granted or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively.
• (v.t.) To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.
• (v.t.) To pretend to possess; to take in appearance.
• (v.i.) To undertake, as by a promise.
• (v.t.) To receive or adopt.