All 9 Uses

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In the Time of the Butterflies
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Brother Daniel was talking of the last moment we knew of in Mary's human life, her Assumption.
Chpt 2.8 *

assumption = being taken up into heaven
Back then, we had assumed he was talking just about us.
Chpt 3.10 *

assumed = believed (without really knowing)
The struggle was over, and I had my answer, though it was not the one I had assumed I would get.†
Chpt 1.4
And how easily she assumes they can get permission from Papa.†
Chpt 2.5
She had assumed such people would be self-serving and wicked, low-class criminals.†
Chpt 2.5
The diagnosis is "confidential," but we all assumed his ulcers were acting up.†
Chpt 2.6
She assumes he's our pimp because he's the one who comes around all the time.†
Chpt 2.7
Nelson came home once and asked me what the words meant, assuming they were liturgical.†
Chpt 2.8
Instantly, my heart sank, for I assumed it was Pena again.†
Chpt 3.10

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)