verb.
Simple past tense and past participle of assume.
adjective.Used in a manner intended to deceive; fictitious.
adjective.Supposed or presumed.
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adjective.
adopted in order to deceive
Word Usage
"A distinction of the canonists has been assumed by those who have used the word with most precision -- _assumed_, though it is by no means a simple and indisputable one."