Assume

  • 61assume office — take on a position, assume a post, assume function …

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  • 62assume the position — verb To turn away, with your hands in a visible and unmovable position so that you can be searched Now in this case, if the suspended bar were acted upon solely by the north pole of the magnet, it would assume the position AB …

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  • 63assume command — take charge, assume control …

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  • 64assume — verb /əˈsjuːm/ a) To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof. b) To take on a position or …

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  • 65assume — v. 1) (L) we assumed that he was dead 2) (M) everyone assumed him to be dead * * * [ə sjuːm] (L) we assumed that he was dead (M) everyone assumed him to be dead …

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  • 66assume — see PROMPT …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 67assume — as·sume || É™ sjuːm v. surmise, suppose to be true (especially without proof); take on a position or duty; adopt an idea or cause …

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  • 68assume — amuses …

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  • 69assume — verb 1》 accept as true without proof. 2》 take (responsibility or control). 3》 begin to have (a quality, appearance, or extent).     ↘adopt falsely. Derivatives assumable adjective assumed adjective assumedly adverb Origin ME: from L. assumere,… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 70assume — v. a. 1. Take, undertake, take on, take upon one s self, be willing to bear, become responsible for. 2. Affect, feign, counterfeit, simulate, pretend to, put on. 3. Arrogate, usurp, claim unduly, make unjust pretensions to. 4. Beg, suppose,… …

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