Assumption

n.	1.	The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting. The assumption of authority. - Whewell.
	2.	The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim. This gives no sanction to the unwarrantable assumption that the soul sleeps from the period of death to the resurrection of the body. - Thodey. That calm assumption of the virtues. - W. Black.
	3.	The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition. Hold! says the Stoic; your assumption's wrong. - Dryden.
	4.	(Logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
	5.	(Rom. Cath. & Greek Churches) The taking of a person up into heaven.

Noun	1.	assumption - a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play" Synonyms: premise, premiss
	2.	assumption - a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions" Synonyms: supposal, supposition
	3.	assumption - the act of taking possession of or power over something; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts" Synonyms: laying claim
	4.	Assumption - celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox church Synonyms: Assumption of Mary, August 15
	5.	assumption - audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" Synonyms: effrontery, presumptuousness, presumption
	6.	Assumption - (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended
	7.	assumption - the act of assuming or taking for granted; "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"

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