Assumptionnoun
The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
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The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
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The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
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(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
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The taking of a person up into heaven.
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A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
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(rhetoric) Assumptio.
Assumptionnoun
The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.
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The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim.
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The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
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The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
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The taking of a person up into heaven.
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a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn;
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a hypothesis that is taken for granted;
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the act of taking possession of or power over something;
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celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox church
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audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to;
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(Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended
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the act of assuming or taking for granted;
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a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof
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the action of taking on power or responsibility
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the reception of the Virgin Mary bodily into heaven. This was formally declared a doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church in 1950.
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the feast in honour of the Assumption, celebrated on 15 August.
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arrogance or presumption.
Assumeverb
to authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof
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to take on a position, duty or form
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to adopt a feigned quality or manner
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to receive, adopt
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to adopt an idea or cause
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To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.
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To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively.
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To pretend to possess; to take in appearance.
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To receive or adopt.
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To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due.
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To undertake, as by a promise.
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take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof;
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take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities;
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take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect;
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take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person;
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occupy or take on;
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seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession;
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make a pretence of;
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Christianity, obsolete; take up someone's soul into heaven;
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put clothing on one's body;