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. 50.8

assumed = believed
He gave me a slight nod, and I assumed I was free to make up my own lies.
p. 67.2

assumed = 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. 82.1

assumed = believed
I assumed that meant they couldn't see us either—or hear us over the distance and their own noise.
p. 101.1

assumed = thought (believed without knowing for sure)
She assumed that my bruises were his work.
p. 116.5
Everyone assumed I was working.
p. 171.1

assumed = believed
Rufus was assumed to have burned to death.
p. 263.1

assumed = thought (believed without knowing for sure)

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)