assumptions

noun

The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.

The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.

The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.

(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

The taking of a person up into heaven.

A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.

(rhetoric) Assumptio.

A Christian holy day of obligation (August 15) celebrating the Assumption of Mary.

The Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into heaven, a Catholic dogma.

Roots

sumosumpt- · Latin · take up

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