All 10 Uses of

assume
in
To Kill a Mockingbird

Mr. Radley walked to town at eleven-thirty every morning and came back promptly at twelve, sometimes carrying a brown paper bag that the neighborhood assumed contained the family groceries.
p. 10.3

assumed = thought (believed without knowing for sure)

What Jem did was something I'd do as a matter of course had I not been under Atticus's interdict, which I assumed included not fighting horrible old ladies.
p. 118.3

Atticus and Jem were well ahead of us, and I assumed that Atticus was giving him hell for not going home, but I was wrong.
p. 176.7

assumed = thought (believed without really knowing)

I could see nothing in Mayella's expression to justify Atticus's assumption that he had secured her wholehearted cooperation.
p. 206.9

assumption = belief

The witnesses for the state, with the exception of the sheriff of Maycomb County, have presented themselves to you gentlemen, to this court, in the cynical confidence that their testimony would not be doubted, confident that you gentlemen would go along with them on the assumption—the evil assumption that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women, an assumption one associates with minds of their caliber.
p. 232.6

...that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women, an assumption one associates with minds of their caliber.
p. 232.7

Mrs. Merriweather was one of those childless adults who find it necessary to assume a different tone of voice when speaking to children.
p. 264.8 *

assume = take on or adopt

When Halloween came, I assumed that the whole family would be present to watch me perform, but I was disappointed.
p. 290.5 *

assumed = thought (believed without knowing for sure)

I felt a slight pressure on my head, and assumed that Jem had grabbed that end of the ham.
p. 298.3

assumed = thought (believed without really knowing)

Definitions:

(1) (assume as in: I assume it's true)
to accept something as true without proof
(2) (assume as in: She assumed power)
beginning to take power or responsibility
(3) (assume as in: She assumed a false identity)
to take on (adopt, wear, strike a pose or appearance of) -- often while pretending or disguising
(4) (assume as in: assumed into heaven)
to take up or receive someone into heaven