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