Assume
Assume ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Latin assumere; ad + sumere to take; sub + emere to take, buy: compare French assumer. See Redeem.]
1.
To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.
Trembling they stand while Jove assumes the throne.
The god assumed his native form again.
2.
To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively.
The consequences of assumed principles.
3.
To pretend to possess; to take in appearance.
Ambition assuming the mask of religion.
Assume a virtue, if you have it not.
4.
To receive or adopt.
The sixth was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honorable company.
Assume , intransitive verb
1.
To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due. — Bp. Burnet
2.
(Law) To undertake, as by a promise. — Burrill