assume

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Assumed p. pr. & vb. n. Assuming. ] [ L. assumere; ad + sumere to take; sub + emere to take, buy: cf. F. assumer. See Redeem. ] 1. To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trembling they stand while Jove assumes the throne. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

The god assumed his native form again. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively. [ 1913 Webster ]

The consequences of assumed principles. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To pretend to possess; to take in appearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ambition assuming the mask of religion. Porteus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Assume a virtue, if you have it not. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To receive or adopt. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sixth was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honorable company. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To arrogate; usurp; appropriate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) To undertake, as by a promise. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Supposed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By assumption. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. assumentum, fr. ad + suere to sew. ] A patch; an addition; a piece put on. [ Obs. ] John Lewis (1731). [ 1913 Webster ]