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  • 1take without proof — index assume (suppose), presume Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2assume — as·sume vt as·sumed, as·sum·ing 1: to voluntarily take upon oneself assume a risk 2: to take over (the debts or obligations of another) as one s own assume a mortgage Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster …

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  • 3Without loss of generality — (abbreviated to WLOG or WOLOG and less commonly stated as without any loss of generality) is a frequently used expression in mathematics. The term is used before an assumption in a proof which narrows the premise to some special case; it is… …

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  • 4Assume — As*sume , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assuming}.] [L. assumere; ad + sumere to take; sub + emere to take, buy: cf. F. assumer. See {Redeem}.] 1. To take to or upon one s self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes,… …

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  • 5assume — ► VERB 1) accept as true without proof. 2) take (responsibility or control). 3) begin to have (a quality, appearance, or extent). 4) pretend to have; adopt falsely. ORIGIN Latin assumere, from sumere take …

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  • 6assume — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. suppose, take for granted; put on, affect; appropriate. See supposition, affectation, acquisition. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To take for granted] Syn. suppose, presume, postulate, posit, presuppose,… …

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  • 7assume, presume — These words have related but distinguishable meanings. To assume is to take for granted, to infer without proof: Mrs. Black assumed that her husband had paid the bill. To presume is to believe something to be a fact, to infer as true without… …

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  • 8assume — assumer, n. /euh soohm /, v.t., assumed, assuming. 1. to take for granted or without proof; suppose; postulate; posit: to assume that everyone wants peace. 2. to take upon oneself; undertake: to assume an obligation. 3. to take over the duties or …

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  • 9assume — [c]/əˈsjum / (say uh syoohm) verb (assumed, assuming) –verb (t) 1. to take for granted or without proof; suppose as a fact: assume a principle in reasoning. 2. to take upon oneself; undertake: to assume office; to assume an obligation. 3. to take …

  • 10assume — as•sume [[t]əˈsum[/t]] v. t. sumed, sum•ing 1) to take for granted or without proof; suppose; postulate; posit 2) to take upon oneself; undertake or accept: to assume responsibility[/ex] 3) to take over the duties or responsibilities of: to… …

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