assumed

Meanings

• take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
• take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
• take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
  • "She assumed strange manners"
• take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
• occupy or take on
• seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
  • "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"
• make a pretence of
  • "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"
• take up someone's soul into heaven
  • "This is the day when May was assumed into heaven"
• put clothing on one's body
  • "The queen assumed the stately robes"
• adopted in order to deceive
  • "an assumed name"
  • "an assumed cheerfulness"

Synonyms

accept, acquire, adopt, arrogate, assume, bear, don, false, feign, fictitious, fictive, get into, presume, pretended, put on, seize, sham, simulate, strike, take, take for granted, take on, take over, take up, usurp, wear