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English Dictionary: assumed	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
assumed adj adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty" Synonym(s): assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assumed \Assumed"\, a. 1. Supposed. 2. Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed* character.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assume \Assume"\, 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, to appropriate or take unjustly. Trembling they stand while Jove assumes the throne. --Pope. The god assumed* his native form again. --Pope. 2. To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively. The consequences of assumed principles. --Whewell. 3. To pretend to possess; to take in appearance. Ambition assuming the mask of religion. --Porteus. Assume a virtue, if you have it not. --Shak. 4. To receive or adopt. The sixth was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honorable company. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: To arrogate; usurp; appropriate.