assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
assumed
simple past tense and past participle of assume
assumed (comparative more assumed, superlative most assumed)
Used in a manner intended to deceive; pretended; simulated.
Supposed or presumed.
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Source: Wiktionary
As*sumed", a.
1. Supposed.
2. Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character.
As*sume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Assuming.] Etym: [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.
As*sume", v. i.
1. To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due. Bp. Burnet.
2. (Law)
Definition: To undertake, as by a promise. Burrill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 January 2025
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
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