Assuefaction
(As`sue*fac"tion) n. [L. assuefacere to accustom to; assuetus (p. p. of assuescere to
accustom to) + facere to make; cf. OF. assuefaction.] The act of accustoming, or the state of being
accustomed; habituation. [Obs.]
Custom and studies efform the soul like wax, and by assuefaction introduce a nature.
Jer. Taylor.
Assuetude
(As"sue*tude) n. [L. assuetudo, fr. assuetus accustomed.] Accustomedness; habit; habitual
use.
Assuetude of things hurtful doth make them lose their force to hurt.
Bacon.
Assumable
(As*sum"a*ble) a. That may be assumed.
Assumably
(As*sum"a*bly), adv. By way of assumption.
Assume
(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, 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.
Assume
(As*sume"), v. i.
1. To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due. Bp. Burnet.
2. (Law) To undertake, as by a promise. Burrill.
Assumed
(As*sumed") a.
1. Supposed.
2. Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character.
Assumedly
(As*sum"ed*ly) adv. By assumption.
