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Word Meanings - REASSUME - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To assume again or anew; to resume. -- Re`as*sump"tion, n.

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  • AGAINSTAND
    To withstand.
  • AGAINSAY
    To gainsay. Wyclif.
  • ASSUMEDLY
    By assumption.
  • ASSUMER
    One who assumes, arrogates, pretends, or supposes. W. D. Whitney.
  • AGAIN
    again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again,
  • ASSUMED
    1. Supposed. 2. Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character.
  • AGAINST
    1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in
  • AGAIN; AGAINS
    Against; also, towards . Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer.
  • ASSUME
    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
  • AGAINWARD
    Back again.
  • AGAINBUY
    To redeem. Wyclif.
  • ASSUMENT
    A patch; an addition; a piece put on. John Lewis .
  • RESUME
    A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation. The exellent little résumé thereof in Dr. Landsborough's book. C. Kingsley.
  • THEREAGAIN
    In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer.
  • PRESUMEDLY
    By presumption.
  • PRESUME
    1. To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained. Dare he presume to scorn us in this manner Shak. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. Milton. 2. To take or suppose to be true,
  • REASSUME
    To assume again or anew; to resume. -- Re`as*sump"tion, n.
  • SELF-ASSUMED
    Assumed by one's own act, or without authority.
  • PRESUMER
    One who presumes; also, an arrogant person. Sir H. Wotton.

 

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