All 4 Uses of
assume
in
And Then There Were None
- Lombard said: "I suppose that's why we assumed it must be a stranger moving about up here."
p. 124..6 (definition 1) *assumed = accepted as true (without really knowing)
- Now he assumed command with the ease born of a long habit of authority.
p. 134..5 (definition 2) *assumed = took on (power or responsibility)
- Mr. Justice Wargrave said: "You are assuming heresay to be evidence."
p. 140..5 (definition 1)assuming = accepting as true (without proof)
- In all this, I have assumed that the mystery of Indian Island will remain unsolved.
p. 274..1 (definition 1)assumed = accepted as true (without really knowing)
Definitions:
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(1) (assume as in: I assume it's true) to accept something as true without proof
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(2) (assume as in: She assumed power) beginning to take power or responsibility