All 6 Uses of
assume
in
The Looking Glass Wars
- You will find my niece and you will rip, chop, or twist off her head--I don't care which so long as her head comes off. You will bring this head to me. If you return without it, I will assume that Alyss is alive and you have failed, and that will be the end of you.
p. 198.0 *assume = believe
- One might have assumed that all her thoughts were on the momentous occasion at hand, which was certainly what Prince Leopold believed.
p. 201.7assumed = believed
- "Assuming this is the place the caterpillar meant for us to be," Dodge said.
p. 292.6assuming = accepting as true (without knowing for sure)
- It was here, in the secret heart of the fortress, girded about by supports, that the Heart Crystal burned a dark crimson, as it had since Redd's assumption to power.
p. 322.8assumption = taking (power or responsibility)
- If Genevieve should never have assumed the throne in the first place, then how could the daughter be queen?
p. 338.5 *assumed = taken (power or responsibility)
- She passed through the maze to assume the throne and to make the most of what she innately possessed, but her strength could only carry her so far.†
p. 284.9
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
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(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
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(4)
(assume as in: assumed into heaven) to take up or receive someone into heaven