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assume v. 1 accept, adopt, take, use, employ; arrogate, appropriate,
take over or up, undertake: Who will assume the leadership of
the party? 2 take on (oneself), take upon (oneself), put or try
on, don, adopt; acquire: Whenever she delivered the
information, she assumed the disguise of an old man. That
trivial dispute has assumed gargantuan proportions. 3 presume,
suppose, believe, fancy, expect, think, presuppose, take, take
for granted, surmise, Chiefly US guess: When I saw the knife in
his hand, I assumed the chef was going to slice a lemon. The
king assumed he had the cooperation of Parliament. 4 pretend to,
feign, sham, counterfeit, simulate, sham, affect, fake: Though
she cared deeply, she assumed a devil-may-care attitude.
assumed adj. 1 appropriated, taken, usurped, expropriated, pre-empted,
usurped, seized: He functions in his assumed capacity as a
judge. 2 pretended, put on, sham, false, feigned, affected,
counterfeit, simulated, spurious, bogus, fake; pseudonymous,
made-up, Colloq phoney or US also phony: She morosely stared at
the floor in assumed contrition. He wrote poetry under an
assumed name. 3 taken, taken for granted, presumed, supposed,
accepted, expected, presupposed; hypothetical, theoretical,
suppositional: The payment depends materially on the assumed
rate of interest.
assurance n. 1 promise, pledge, guarantee or guaranty, warranty,
commitment, bond, surety; word, word of honour, oath, vow: You
have the bank's assurance that the money will be on deposit. 2
insurance, indemnity: His life assurance is barely enough to
cover the costs of his funeral. 3 certainty, confidence, trust,
faith, reassurance, surety, assuredness, certitude; security:
There is no assurance that Herr Kleister will get the job done.
4 audacity, impudence, presumption, boldness, brazenness, nerve,
effrontery, insolence , Colloq brass, gall, cheek, chutzpah:
With an air of assurance they quote authors they have never
read. 5 self-confidence, self-reliance, confidence, steadiness,
intrepidity, self-possession, poise, aplomb, coolness, control,
self-control, resolve, Colloq gumption, guts, gutsiness: He has
the assurance of one born to command.
assure v. 1 secure, stabilize, settle, establish, confirm, certify,
warrant, guarantee, ensure, be confident of, make or be sure or
certain: Force, fear, and the multitude of his guard do less to
assure the estate of a prince than the good will of his