ASSUME

vt to receive or adopt.

2. assume ·vi to undertake, as by a promise.

3. assume ·vt to pretend to possess; to take in appearance.

4. assume ·vi to be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due.

5. assume ·vt to take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively.

6. assume ·vt to take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.