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simple past and past participle of assume examples
comparative more assumed, superlative most assumed
Used in a manner intended to deceive; pretended; simulated. quotations examples
Appleby […] rose from his seat when Morales came in. He shook hands urbanely, unbuckled his sword, and laid his kepi on the table, and then sat down with an expression of concern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed.
1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 22, in The Dust of Conflict
Supposed or presumed. examples