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assume

assume - verb

To take upon oneself: incur, shoulder, tackle, take on, take over, undertake. See accept.
To put (an article of clothing) on one's person: don, get on, pull on, put on, slip into, slip on. See put on.
To take on or give a false appearance of: affect, counterfeit, fake, feign, pretend, put on, sham, simulate. See true.
To take for granted without proof: posit, postulate, premise, presume, presuppose, suppose. Informal reckon. See belief.
To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right: appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, preempt, seize, take, usurp. See give.