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Assume isn't only used to mean accept as truth without checking, it also means take on the form of. It might be safer if you don't assume that the vampire standing in front of you isn't merely a person assuming that form.

Assume always has the sense of taking on something. It may be the belief in the appearance of truth. You mother probably assumes you do your homework right after school. It may be another form or identity. Superman assumes the identity of a city reporter. Or, it might be a physical space. If you get nervous while driving, your dad might assume control of the car. Would you still like to hear the mnemonic? Very well, when you assume, you make an ass of u and me. Spells assume! Cute, right?

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: assume

1	v	take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
2	v	put clothing on one's body
3	v	make a pretence of

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: assume

v take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof

“I assume his train was late”

Synonyms:: presume, take for granted

Types:: presuppose, suppose
take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; posit, postulate
take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; premise, premiss
take something as preexisting and given

Type of:: anticipate, expect
regard something as probable or likely

v take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

“She assumed strange manners”

“The gods assume human or animal form in these fables”

Synonyms:: acquire, adopt, take, take on

Types:: re-assume
take on again, as after a time lapse

Type of:: change
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

v occupy or take on

“He assumes the lotus position”

Synonyms:: strike, take, take up

: fill, occupy, take
assume, as of positions or roles

Type of:: move
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

v take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

“When will the new President assume office?”

Synonyms:: adopt, take on, take over

Types:: resume
assume anew

Type of:: take office
assume an office, duty, or title

v seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession

“He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town”

Synonyms:: arrogate, seize, take over, usurp

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; annex
take (territory) as if by conquest; appropriate, capture, conquer, seize
take possession of by force, as after an invasion; preoccupy
occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance; hijack
seize control of; raid
take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; carry
capture after a fight; colonise, colonize
settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world

Type of:: take
take by force

v take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person

Synonyms:: accept, bear, take over

Types:: carry-the can, face the music
accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions

Type of:: take
take into one's possession

v take up someone's soul into heaven

“This is the day when May was assumed into heaven”

Type of:: invite, receive, take in
express willingness to have in one's home or environs

v put clothing on one's body

“The queen assumed the stately robes”

Synonyms:: don, get into, put on, wear

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; hat
put on or wear a hat; try, try on
put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice; scarf
wrap in or adorn with a scarf; slip on
put on with ease or speed; bonnet
dress in a bonnet

Type of:: dress, get dressed
put on clothes

v make a pretence of

“She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger”

Synonyms:: feign, sham, simulate

Types:: play
pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity; feint
deceive by a mock action

Type of:: act, dissemble, pretend
behave unnaturally or affectedly

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