Assumably

as·sume  (-sm)

tr.v. as·sumed, as·sum·ing, as·sumes

1. To take upon oneself: assume responsibility; assume another's debts.

2. To undertake the duties of (an office): assumed the presidency.

3. To take on; adopt: "The god assumes a human form" (John Ruskin).

4. To put on; don: The queen assumed a velvet robe.

5. To affect the appearance or possession of; feign.

6. To take for granted; suppose: assumed that prices would rise. See Synonyms at presume.

7. To take over without justification; seize: assume control.

8. To take up or receive into heaven.

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[Middle English assumen, from Latin assmere : ad-, ad- + smere, to take; see em- in Indo-European roots.]

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as·suma·bili·ty n.

as·suma·ble adj.

as·suma·bly adv.

as·sumer n.