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Assumed

adjective

1.

Adopted in order to deceive. Synonyms: false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham. "An assumed cheerfulness" , "A fictitious address" , "Fictive sympathy" , "A pretended interest" , "A put-on childish voice" , "Sham modesty"

Assume

verb

(past & past part. assumed; pres. part. assuming)

1.

Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof. Synonyms: presume, take for granted.

2.

Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities. Synonyms: adopt, take on, take over.

3.

Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect. Synonyms: acquire, adopt, take, take on. "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"

4.

Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person. Synonyms: accept, bear, take over. "She agreed to bear the responsibility"

5.

Occupy or take on. Synonyms: strike, take, take up. "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"

6.

Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession. Synonyms: arrogate, seize, take over, usurp. "He usurped my rights" , "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"

7.

Make a pretence of. Synonyms: feign, sham, simulate. "He feigned sleep"

8.

Take up someone's soul into heaven.

9.

Put clothing on one's body. Synonyms: don, get into, put on, wear. "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"

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"Assumed" Quotes from Famous Books

... in all his checkered history had Keekie Joe ever received any edible of any character whatever in response to his menacing demands. He had always assumed that boys who were well dressed had fruit or candy in their pockets. He had sometimes required them to verify their denials by an exhibition of the interior of these receptacles. His invariable demand ...

— Pee-Wee Harris Adrift • Percy Keese Fitzhugh

... the thought suggested the act, Jack suddenly assumed an air of paternal authority, and, arresting his cousin as she was about to begin again, he said, in a tone she ...

— Kitty's Class Day And Other Stories • Louisa M. Alcott

... along pointing out landmarks and discoursing largely upon the weather, the feed, and price of hay and grain and a hundred topics associated with ranch-life. Sundown, forgetful of his pose as a vaquero of long standing (unintentional), assumed rather the attitude of one absorbing information on such topics than disseminating it. Nor did he understand the stranger's genial invitation to have supper with him at Antelope that night, as they rode into the town. He knew, however, that he was creating a sensation, which he attributed ...

— Sundown Slim • Henry Hubert Knibbs

... of their bodies is always below the insertion of their wings, to prevent them falling on their backs, but near that point on which the body is, during flight, as it were, suspended. The positions assumed by the head and feet are frequently calculated to accomplish these ends, and give to the wings every assistance in continuing the progressive motion. The tail also is of great use, in regulating the rise and fall of birds, ...

— Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 475 - Vol. XVII, No. 475. Saturday, February 5, 1831 • Various

... for his advice in this delicate matter of proposing, asked him had he ever done this sort of thing in his time. "You mean proposing?" said the great man. "Yes." "Never," said Mr. Pickwick, with great energy, and then repeated the word "Never." His friend then assumed that he did not know how it was best to begin. "Why," said the other, cautiously, "I may have formed some ideas on the subject," but then added that he had "never submitted them to the test of experience." This ...

— Pickwickian Studies • Percy Fitzgerald

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