Noun

(en noun)

The act of assuming]], or taking to or upon one's self; the act of [[take up, taking up or adopting.

His assumption of secretarial duties was timely.

The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.

Their assumption of his guilt disqualified them from jury duty.

The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.

* {{quote-journal, year=1976, author=, title=The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Volume 10 citation

, passage=No doubt a finite evaluative argument must make some unargued evaluative assumptions, just as finite factual arguments must make some unargued factual assumptions.}}

(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

The taking of a person up into heaven.

A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.

(rhetoric) Assumptio.

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* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03

, author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter , title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered , volume=100, issue=2, page=87 , magazine= citation , passage=But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea. Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.}}