All 12 Uses

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Queen of Attolia
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She needed the information only he could get, and the Thief had so easily outwitted his opponents in the past, Eddis had assumed he would do so again.†
Chpt 2
She had heard that he had an aversion to killing people, but, like Sounis, she was reluctant to assume that a childish reluctance for bloodshed would prevent him from following the orders of his queen.†
Chpt 2
I assume it was well cauterized or it would stink more.†
Chpt 4
Unspoken was the assumption that he was no longer a match for anyone.†
Chpt 9
In his life Eugenides has gone to great lengths to portray himself as a noncombatant, so people assume he is.†
Chpt 9 *
The apprentice assumed that the Attolians had used the magus for their purposes and finished with him, that they wanted the magus betrayed and eliminated.†
Chpt 9
I assume you're hiding it to maintain pretenses.†
Chpt 11
"If we could get a boat out, we could send someone down the coast to Rhea, but I think we have to assume that the baron holds Rhea as well," she said.†
Chpt 14
I assume.†
Chpt 16
I assume so, Your Majesty.†
Chpt 16
She looked carefully for any injury but saw no signs and assumed it was someone else's blood.†
Chpt 16
We are only assuming that she is with her army.†
Chpt 17

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
(5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)