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Verbs (27)

v. take up someone's soul into heaven; "This is the day when May was assumed into heaven"

v. take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof; "I assume his train was late"

v. occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose"

take, acquire, assume, take on

v. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"

assume, take over, usurp, arrogate

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"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"

bear, assume, accept, take over

v. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"

adopt, assume, take on, take over

v. take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"

sham, assume, feign, pretend, dissemble, simulate

v. make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"

Adverbs (13)

withal, again, besides, anyway

adv. together with this; "Besides, there is another factor to consider"

again, newly, afresh, anew

adv. "Newly raised objections"

again, over again, another time, once more, once again

adv. anew; "she tried again"; "they rehearsed the scene again"

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (110)

suspect, hold in suspicion, believe to be guilty

v. hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"

feel

v. have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves"

judge, pass judgment on, form an opinion of

v. form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"

gather, understand, infer

v. believe to be the case; "I understand you have no previous experience?"

think, believe

v. judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"

infer, deduce

v. conclude by reasoning; in logic

generalize, infer, extrapolate, generalise

v. draw from specific cases for more general cases

shoulder, carry a burden

v. carry a burden, either real or metaphoric; "shoulder the burden"

bear

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

hit, make, reach, gain, get to, arrive at, attain, get through to

v. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

work, crop, cultivate

v. prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"

shoulder, carry a burden

v. carry a burden, either real or metaphoric; "shoulder the burden"

mind, heed, pay attention to, listen to

v. pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men"

wear, don, put on, get into

v. put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans"

hijack, highjack, pirate, commandeer, expropriate

v. take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"

overthrow, bring down

v. cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"

dethrone

v. remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned"

expel, throw out, boot out, kick out, oust, drum out

v. remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"

shoulder, lift onto one's shoulders

v. lift onto one's shoulders

ham, overact, overplay

v. exaggerate one's acting

trick, fox, fob, play a trick on

v. deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"

bunco, con, gyp, swindle, rook, mulct, nobble, diddle, defraud

v. deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

gull, fool, dupe, befool

v. make a fool or dupe of

cheat

v. engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"

dribble, drool, drivel, slobber, slaver, slabber

v. let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled"

sham, affect, feign, pretend, dissemble

v. make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"

pretend, assert falsely

v. make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"

imagine, ideate, conceive of, envisage

v. form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"

cause, create, originate

v. make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

manufacture, construct, fabricate

v. put together out of components or parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"

counterfeit, fake, forge

v. make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"

in addition, additionally, to boot

adv. by way of addition; furthermore; "he serves additionally as the CEO"

repeatedly, several times

adv. several time; "it must be washed repeatedly"

Synonyms (3)

take, have, accept

v. receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"

Antonyms (6)

lift, rise, go up, come up, ascend, move up

v. move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"

assume again

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