Word Meanings - SELF-ASSUMED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Assumed by one's own act, or without authority.
Related words: (words related to SELF-ASSUMED)
- ASSUMABLE
That may be assumed. - ASSUMEDLY
By assumption. - WITHOUT-DOOR
Outdoor; exterior. "Her without-door form." Shak. - ASSUMER
One who assumes, arrogates, pretends, or supposes. W. D. Whitney. - WITHOUTFORTH
Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. Chaucer. - ASSUMPTIVE
Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized by assumption; making unwarranted claims. -- As*sump"tive*ly, adv. Assumptive arms , originally, arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without - ASSUMABLY
By way of assumption. - ASSUMED
1. Supposed. 2. Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character. - AUTHORITY
1. Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority - ASSUMING
Pretentious; taking much upon one's self; presumptuous. Burke. - WITHOUTEN
Without. 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 - ASSUMPTION
The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism. 5. The taking of a person up into heaven. Hence: (Rom. Cath. & Greek Churches) (more info) 1. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting. The - WITHOUT
1. On or at the outside of; out of; not within; as, without doors. Without the gate Some drive the cars, and some the coursers rein. Dryden. 2. Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond. Eternity, before the world and after, is without our - ASSUMPT
To take up; to elevate; to assume. Sheldon. - ASSUMENT
A patch; an addition; a piece put on. John Lewis . - ASSUMPSIT
A promise or undertaking, founded on a consideration. This promise may be oral or in writing not under seal. It may be express or implied. An action to recover damages for a breach or nonperformance of a contract or promise, express or implied, - NON ASSUMPSIT
The general plea or denial in an action of assumpsit. - SARGASSUM
A genus of algæ including the gulf weed. - UNASSUMING
Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or presuming; humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth; unassuming manners. - REASSUME
To assume again or anew; to resume. -- Re`as*sump"tion, n. - CASSUMUNAR; CASSUMUNIAR
A pungent, bitter, aromatic, gingerlike root, obtained from the East Indies.