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Webster 1913 Edition


Assumed

As-sumed′

,
Adj.
1.
Supposed.
2.
Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe;
as, an
assumed
character
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Assumed

ASSU'MED

,
pp.
Taken; arrogated; taken without proof; pretended.

Definition 2024


assumed

assumed

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Verb

assumed

  1. simple past tense and past participle of assume

Adjective

assumed (comparative more assumed, superlative most assumed)

  1. Used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.
    • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 22, in The Dust of Conflict:
      Appleby [] rose from his seat when Morales came in. He shook hands urbanely, unbuckled his sword, and laid his kepi on the table, and then sat down with an expression of concern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed.
  2. Supposed or presumed.

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