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assumed

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as·sumed  (-smd)
adj.
1. Taken up or used so as to deceive; pretended: an assumed name.
2. Taken for granted; supposed: an assumed increase in population.

as·sumed·ly (-smd-l) adv.

assumed [əˈsjuːmd]
adj
1. false; fictitious an assumed name
2. taken for granted an assumed result
3. usurped; arrogated an assumed authority
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.assumed - adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"
counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"

assumed
adjective false, affected, made-up, pretended, fake, imitation, bogus, simulated, sham, counterfeit, feigned, spurious, fictitious, make-believe, pseudonymous, phoney or phony (informal) The articles were published under an assumed name.
false real, natural, actual, authentic
Translations
assumed [əˈsjuːmd] ADJ [name] → falso, fingido
under an assumed namebajo or con(un)nombre falso
assumed
adj
assumed nameangenommener Name; (for secrecy etc also) → Deckname m
(= pretended) surprise, humilitygespielt, vorgetäuscht; in the assumed guise of a beggarals Bettler verkleidet


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For this purpose he assumed the character of a man and visited in this disguise a Sculptor's studio having looked at various statues, he demanded the price of two figures of Jupiter and Juno.
Under an assumed name I have wormed myself into its service for revenge; and as there is a heaven above us, I will have its heart's blood
Slowly and clumsily, with constant interruptions and interminable mistakes, the first act dragged on, until Lucy appeared again to end it in soliloquy, with the confession of her assumed simplicity and the praise of her own cunning.
 
 
 
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