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assume

tr.v. as·sumed, as·sum·ing, as·sumes

1. To take upon oneself: assume responsibility; assume another's debts.
2. To undertake the duties of (an office): assumed the presidency.
3. To take on; adopt:
4. To put on; don: The queen assumed a velvet robe.
5. To affect the appearance or possession of; feign.
6. To take for granted; suppose: assumed that prices would rise.
7. To take over without justification; seize: assume control.
8. To take up or receive into heaven.

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