assumed
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.
assumable adjective,
assumed adjective,
assumedly adverb.
– origin ME: from L. assumere, from ad- ‘towards’ + sumere ‘take’.
'assumed' also found in these Oxford entries:
alias
- assume
- assumption
- attention
- candelabrum
- data
- datum line
- fiducial
- front
- führer
- incognito
- lemma
- lie
- nom de guerre
- pose
- retrodiction
- self-appointed
- shape
- Socratic irony
- stage name
- syllogism
- the
- till
- unction
- waif
