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Synonyms for re-assume


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-soom
Phonetic Transcription : əˈsum

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Définition of re-assume

Origin :
  • early 15c., assumpten "to receive up into heaven" (especially of the Virgin Mary), also assumen "to arrogate," from Latin assumere "to take up, take to oneself," from ad- "to, up" (see ad-) + sumere "to take," from sub "under" + emere "to take" (see exempt (adj.)).
  • Meaning "to suppose, to take for granted as the basis of argument" is first recorded 1590s; that of "to take or put on (an appearance, etc.)" is from c.1600. Related: Assumed; assuming. Early past participle was assumpt. In rhetorical usage, assume expresses what the assumer postulates, often as a confessed hypothesis; presume expresses what the presumer really believes.
  • As in resume : verb begin again
  • As in reassume : verb resume
  • As in reoccupy : verb resume
  • As in retake : verb resume
Example sentences :
  • In February, and on to August; re-assume their song in autumn.
  • Extract from : « The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 » by Gilbert White
  • I recovered myself, with this thought, in season to re-assume this appearance.
  • Extract from : « Confession » by W. Gilmore Simms
  • You are conscious that the glory you have flung around her, you can re-assume.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 » by Various
  • Her revenge consummated, Rowena decided to re-assume her sway over her unwilling follower.
  • Extract from : « Marjorie Dean, High School Junior » by Pauline Lester
  • What certainty was there, that he would not re-assume his purposes, and swiftly return to the execution of them?
  • Extract from : « Wieland; or The Transformation » by Charles Brockden Brown
  • Yet afterwards, when they think the Devil hath departed the place, some will sometimes come back and re-assume their Lands again.
  • Extract from : « An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies » by Robert Knox
  • The girl had scarce departed, ere I raised my head: but the evangelista made me a sign to re-assume my position.
  • Extract from : « The Indian Scout » by Gustave Aimard

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