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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
assume/əˈsjuːm/

▶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, from ad- ‘towards’ + sumere ‘take’.

'assume' also found in these Oxford entries:

accede - adopt - affect - beg - carry - clear - expect - funnel - grant - judgement - lie - pose - postulate - presuppose - put - say - square - suppose - take - understand - variable

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