assume

v. மேற்கொள், புணைந்துகொள், பாவனைசெய், ஊகம்செய், கருதிக்கொள், ஆராயாது எண்ணு, செருக்கிக்கொள், வலிந்து பற்று.

Synonyms

take appropriate arrogate wear exhibit postulate suppose presume usurp claim pretend feign affect

Antonyms

waive allow doff render surrender concede grant demonstrate abandon argue prove

As*sume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Assuming.] Etym: [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. Trembling they stand while Jove assumes the throne. Pope. The god assumed his native form again. Pope. 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. Whewell. 3. To pretend to possess; to take in appearance. Ambition assuming the mask of religion. Porteus. Assume a virtue, if you have it not. Shak. 4. To receive or adopt. The sixth was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honorable company. Sir W. Scott. Syn. -- To arrogate; usurp; appropriate. As*sume", v. i. 1. To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due. Bp. Burnet. 2. (Law) Defn: To undertake, as by a promise. Burrill.

assume - Similar Words

assumer assumed reassume assument assure absume assumedly assumable asse subsume