All 9 Uses
assume
in
Kindred, by Octavia Butler
(Edited)
- Blacks here were assumed to be slaves unless they could prove they were free—unless they had their free papers.
p. 34.8 *assumed = thought (believed without really knowing)
- Your danger then—or assumed danger—might have sent you home before you ever met the patroller.
p. 50.8assumed = believed
- He gave me a slight nod, and I assumed I was free to make up my own lies.
p. 67.2assumed = thought (believed without knowing for sure)
- I wasn't good at accents. I had deliberately decided not to try to assume one.
p. 74.7 *assume = take on (or pretend to have)
- But our sleeping arrangement told us that he expected discretion—or we assumed it did.
p. 82.1assumed = believed
- I assumed that meant they couldn't see us either—or hear us over the distance and their own noise.
p. 101.1assumed = thought (believed without knowing for sure)
- She assumed that my bruises were his work.
p. 116.5
- Everyone assumed I was working.
p. 171.1assumed = believed
- Rufus was assumed to have burned to death.
p. 263.1assumed = thought (believed without knowing for sure)
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
- (5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)