assumptionn.

/əˈsʌmʃən/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s -cyon, -tyowne, etc.

Etymology: < Latin assūmptiōn-em, noun of action < assūmĕre : see assume v. and -tion suffix. Compare also Old French asompsion 13th cent., assomption 16th cent. As with other such words (compare advent, annunciation), the specific ecclesiastical use was the earliest in English.

I. The action of taking to oneself; reception, adoption.

a. The action of receiving up into heaven; ascent to or reception into heaven.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > reception into

assumption1577

glorification1643

1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. ii. ii. 20 The wonderfull resurrection of our Sauiour, and his assumption into the heauens.

1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 93 He..lived after the Assumption of Elias, sixty yeares.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxiii Can hang no weight upon my heart In its assumptions up to heaven.

b. esp. The reception of the Virgin Mary into heaven, with body preserved from corruption, which is a generally accepted doctrine in the Roman Catholic Church. Also the feast held annually on the 15th of August in honour of this event.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [noun] > assumption

assumption1297

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Assumption > [noun]

latter Mary DayOE

Marymassa1200

assumption1297

Saint Mary dayc1300

Our Lady in Harvestc1325

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 570 After þe Assumption þe vifte day iwis, He dude him in þe se at Douere.

c1430 Hymns to Virg. (1871) 474 Þat holi assumpcioun Of his blessid modir.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) 1st Prol. 5 The holy lyfe of oure Lady..from tyme of her sonnes passyon, vnto her assumpcyon.

1674 D. Brevint Saul & Samuel 143 Her other Solemn and great Feast, which they call the Assumtion.

1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (at cited word) The denial of the Blessed Virgin's corporal assumption into heaven, though by no means contrary to the faith, is still so much opposed to the common agreement of the Church, that it would be a mark of insolent temerity.

†2. Elevation to office or dignity. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [noun]

entress1389

entry1389

entrance1559

accession1611

access1631

assumption1642

1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 160 A distinction of orders..and assumptions to them respectively.

1687 N. Johnston Assurance Abbey & Church-lands 94 The news of..the Assumption of Queen Mary to the Crown.

3. Reception into union or association; incorporation, inclusion; adoption. archaic or Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > [noun]

incorporation1398

corporation1439

inclusiona1500

comprehension1541

incorporature1570

incorporating1579

including1598

incision1601

insition1601

comprising1603

assumption1617

inlaying1674

embodying1677

1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. x. 425 How the flesh and humane nature of Christ may be worshipped, by the priuiledge of their assumption into his Godhead.

1661 G. Rust Let. conc. Origen in Phœnix (1721) I. I Those Parts of Matter..in their innumerable Assumptions and Adoptions into other Bodies.

1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xxvii. 172 It is evident that the prose psalms of our liturgy were chiefly consulted..by the perpetual assumption of their words.

1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. xv. 244 The assumption into Lady Luxmore's confined house..of Mr. Sterling.

†4. The taking of food, etc. into the body. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [noun] > ingestion

receipta1393

assumption1600

ingestion1620

1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iii. i. sig. Hiv The most Gentlemanlike vse of Tabacco..the delicate sweet Formes for the Assumption of it.

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ v. x. 11 To the nutrition of the body, there are two Essentiall conditions requir'd assumption and retention.

II. The action of taking for or upon oneself.

a. The taking upon oneself of a form or character; formal taking of office or position.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > assuming or taking upon oneself > an office or symbol of

assumption1646

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 238 The assumption of humane shape, had proved a disadvantage unto Sathan.

1768 H. Walpole Hist. Doubts 108 Before Richard's assumption of the crown.

1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. v. 121 The festival following the assumption of the Bachelor's degree.

b. The form or character assumed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > assumption of behaviour or attitudes > part played or assumed by a person

personc1230

pageanta1425

partc1450

cue1581

role1606

figurea1616

mantle1658

assumption1871

1871 Athenæum 15 Apr. 471 Madame Pauline Lucca..has appeared in two of her best assumptions.

6. Law. A promise or undertaking, either oral or in writing not sealed.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > pledge or assurance

wordOE

costOE

earnest1221

fayc1300

certainty1303

wager1306

plighta1325

pledge1371

assurancec1386

undertaking?a1400

faithc1405

surementc1410

to make affiancec1425

earnest pennya1438

warrant1460

trow1515

fidelity1531

stipulation1552

warranty1555

pawn1573

arrha1574

avouchment1574

assumption1590

word of honour1598

avouch1603

assecurance1616

preassurance1635

tower-stamp1642

parole of honour1648

spondence1657

honour1659

1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vi. f. 229 The promise or assumption made by the testator.

1853 T. I. Wharton Digest Cases Pennsylvania 75 A principal is not liable for the assumptions of an agent who exceeds his authority.

7. The action of taking possession of, appropriation. arms of assumption = assumptive adj. arms.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation

appropriation1393

propriation1602

appropriating1611

impatronization1611

impropriation1614

propriatinga1631

pocketing1638

picking1642

self-assumptiona1658

assumption1754

conscription1814

mopping-up1909

1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. i. v. 50 Particular localities were assigned, in every benefice, to the extent of a third, called the assumption of thirds.

a1832 J. Mackintosh Hist. Revol. Eng. (1834) ix. 290 The assumption of the whole authority of legislation.

1866 R. M. Ferguson Electricity 7 Steel, therefore, has a force which..resists the assumption of magnetism.

8. The action of laying claim to as a possession, unwarrantable claim, usurpation.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > wrongful claim, possession, or seizure > unwarranted claim

usurpation1426

arrogating1573

misclaiming1583

arrogation1596

assumption1646

try-on1823

1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 91 Wee to the last, Will hold it fast, And no Assumption shall deny us.

1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France in Wks. (1842) II. 287 This astonishing assumption of the publick voice of England.

1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xvi. 216 That calm assumption of the virtues of meekness and patience was a little too much.

9. A taking too much upon oneself, a laying claim to undue importance; arrogance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [noun]

prideOE

overgartc1175

surquidrya1250

stuntisea1327

arrogance1340

insolencec1386

surquidyc1407

succudryc1425

lordliness1440

arrogancy1477

ogartc1480

wantonness?a1505

stateliness1509

insolencya1513

surquidancea1525

superbityc1540

imperiousness1582

surliness1587

super-arrogation1593

insolentness1594

assumption1609

self-assumption1609

huff1611

imperiosity1618

superarrogancy1620

lordship1633

self-assuming1644

alazony1656

high-handednessa1658

fast1673

arrogantness1756

overbearance1766

swaggera1821

huffishness1841

you-be-damnedness1885

high and mighty1924

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 123 In selfe assumption greater Then in the note of iudgement.

1814 W. Scott Waverley III. iii. 22 His usual air of haughty assumption .

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 97 On consideration of his services to priestly assumption.

10. The taking of anything for granted as the basis of argument or action.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > [noun]

presumptiona1250

presuppositiona1533

sumption1572

assuming1602

supposition1603

postulation1648

assumption1656

positing1854

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. iv. 28 He used arguments not by assumption, but by inference.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 74 It steers clear of the fatal assumption of physical elements, merely upon the grounds of mathematical conclusions.

1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. vi. 254 The assumption of pronominal roots..might mean anything or nothing.

11. That which is assumed or taken for granted; a supposition, postulate.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > [noun] > that which is presumed

presupposal1573

presupposition1579

expectation1585

presuppose1592

positum1605

assumpsita1628

assumptiona1628

prolepsis1637

reception1646

hypothesis1655

a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) v. 58 He had no hope of bringing these curious assumptions to pass.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires v. 122 Hold! says the Stoick, your assumption's wrong.

1798 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 4 This assumption is directly at variance with the general tenor of the public records.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. viii. 201 Language which was only pardonable on the assumption that it was inspired.

12. Logic. The minor premiss of a syllogism.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > [noun] > premise(s) > minor premise

minor?c1450

minor proposition1581

assumption1588

subsumption1600

suppositum1615

minor premise1728

reason1826

1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. iii. f. 19 The assumption was this, ‘But Paris is idle.’

1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 276 Here we haue the..assumption vniversally affirmatiue.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xv. 281 The other premise, which enounces the application of the general rule..is called the Minor Premise, the Minor Proposition, the Assumption, or the Subsumption.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	assumption
释义	assumptionn. /əˈsʌmʃən/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s -cyon, -tyowne, etc. Etymology: < Latin assūmptiōn-em, noun of action < assūmĕre : see assume v. and -tion suffix. Compare also Old French asompsion 13th cent., assomption 16th cent. As with other such words (compare advent, annunciation), the specific ecclesiastical use was the earliest in English. I. The action of taking to oneself; reception, adoption. 1. a. The action of receiving up into heaven; ascent to or reception into heaven. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > reception into assumption1577 glorification1643 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. ii. ii. 20 The wonderfull resurrection of our Sauiour, and his assumption into the heauens. 1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death 93 He..lived after the Assumption of Elias, sixty yeares. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxiii Can hang no weight upon my heart In its assumptions up to heaven. View more context for this quotation b. esp. The reception of the Virgin Mary into heaven, with body preserved from corruption, which is a generally accepted doctrine in the Roman Catholic Church. Also the feast held annually on the 15th of August in honour of this event. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [noun] > assumption assumption1297 society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Assumption > [noun] latter Mary DayOE Marymassa1200 assumption1297 Saint Mary dayc1300 Our Lady in Harvestc1325 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 570 After þe Assumption þe vifte day iwis, He dude him in þe se at Douere. c1430 Hymns to Virg. (1871) 474 Þat holi assumpcioun Of his blessid modir. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) 1st Prol. 5 The holy lyfe of oure Lady..from tyme of her sonnes passyon, vnto her assumpcyon. 1674 D. Brevint Saul & Samuel 143 Her other Solemn and great Feast, which they call the Assumtion. 1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (at cited word) The denial of the Blessed Virgin's corporal assumption into heaven, though by no means contrary to the faith, is still so much opposed to the common agreement of the Church, that it would be a mark of insolent temerity. †2. Elevation to office or dignity. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [noun] entress1389 entry1389 entrance1559 accession1611 access1631 assumption1642 1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 160 A distinction of orders..and assumptions to them respectively. 1687 N. Johnston Assurance Abbey & Church-lands 94 The news of..the Assumption of Queen Mary to the Crown. 3. Reception into union or association; incorporation, inclusion; adoption. archaic or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > [noun] incorporation1398 corporation1439 inclusiona1500 comprehension1541 incorporature1570 incorporating1579 including1598 incision1601 insition1601 comprising1603 assumption1617 inlaying1674 embodying1677 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. x. 425 How the flesh and humane nature of Christ may be worshipped, by the priuiledge of their assumption into his Godhead. 1661 G. Rust Let. conc. Origen in Phœnix (1721) I. I Those Parts of Matter..in their innumerable Assumptions and Adoptions into other Bodies. 1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xxvii. 172 It is evident that the prose psalms of our liturgy were chiefly consulted..by the perpetual assumption of their words. 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. xv. 244 The assumption into Lady Luxmore's confined house..of Mr. Sterling. †4. The taking of food, etc. into the body. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [noun] > ingestion receipta1393 assumption1600 ingestion1620 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iii. i. sig. Hiv The most Gentlemanlike vse of Tabacco..the delicate sweet Formes for the Assumption of it. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ v. x. 11 To the nutrition of the body, there are two Essentiall conditions requir'd assumption and retention. II. The action of taking for or upon oneself. 5. a. The taking upon oneself of a form or character; formal taking of office or position. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > assuming or taking upon oneself > an office or symbol of assumption1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 238 The assumption of humane shape, had proved a disadvantage unto Sathan. View more context for this quotation 1768 H. Walpole Hist. Doubts 108 Before Richard's assumption of the crown. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. v. 121 The festival following the assumption of the Bachelor's degree. b. The form or character assumed. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > assumption of behaviour or attitudes > part played or assumed by a person personc1230 pageanta1425 partc1450 cue1581 role1606 figurea1616 mantle1658 assumption1871 1871 Athenæum 15 Apr. 471 Madame Pauline Lucca..has appeared in two of her best assumptions. 6. Law. A promise or undertaking, either oral or in writing not sealed. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > pledge or assurance wordOE costOE earnest1221 fayc1300 certainty1303 wager1306 plighta1325 pledge1371 assurancec1386 undertaking?a1400 faithc1405 surementc1410 to make affiancec1425 earnest pennya1438 warrant1460 trow1515 fidelity1531 stipulation1552 warranty1555 pawn1573 arrha1574 avouchment1574 assumption1590 word of honour1598 avouch1603 assecurance1616 preassurance1635 tower-stamp1642 parole of honour1648 spondence1657 honour1659 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vi. f. 229 The promise or assumption made by the testator. 1853 T. I. Wharton Digest Cases Pennsylvania 75 A principal is not liable for the assumptions of an agent who exceeds his authority. 7. The action of taking possession of, appropriation. arms of assumption = assumptive adj. arms. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation appropriation1393 propriation1602 appropriating1611 impatronization1611 impropriation1614 propriatinga1631 pocketing1638 picking1642 self-assumptiona1658 assumption1754 conscription1814 mopping-up1909 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. i. v. 50 Particular localities were assigned, in every benefice, to the extent of a third, called the assumption of thirds. a1832 J. Mackintosh Hist. Revol. Eng. (1834) ix. 290 The assumption of the whole authority of legislation. 1866 R. M. Ferguson Electricity 7 Steel, therefore, has a force which..resists the assumption of magnetism. 8. The action of laying claim to as a possession, unwarrantable claim, usurpation. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > wrongful claim, possession, or seizure > unwarranted claim usurpation1426 arrogating1573 misclaiming1583 arrogation1596 assumption1646 try-on1823 1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 91 Wee to the last, Will hold it fast, And no Assumption shall deny us. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France in Wks. (1842) II. 287 This astonishing assumption of the publick voice of England. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xvi. 216 That calm assumption of the virtues of meekness and patience was a little too much. 9. A taking too much upon oneself, a laying claim to undue importance; arrogance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [noun] prideOE overgartc1175 surquidrya1250 stuntisea1327 arrogance1340 insolencec1386 surquidyc1407 succudryc1425 lordliness1440 arrogancy1477 ogartc1480 wantonness?a1505 stateliness1509 insolencya1513 surquidancea1525 superbityc1540 imperiousness1582 surliness1587 super-arrogation1593 insolentness1594 assumption1609 self-assumption1609 huff1611 imperiosity1618 superarrogancy1620 lordship1633 self-assuming1644 alazony1656 high-handednessa1658 fast1673 arrogantness1756 overbearance1766 swaggera1821 huffishness1841 you-be-damnedness1885 high and mighty1924 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 123 In selfe assumption greater Then in the note of iudgement. View more context for this quotation 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. iii. 22 His usual air of haughty assumption . View more context for this quotation 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 97 On consideration of his services to priestly assumption. 10. The taking of anything for granted as the basis of argument or action. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > [noun] presumptiona1250 presuppositiona1533 sumption1572 assuming1602 supposition1603 postulation1648 assumption1656 positing1854 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. iv. 28 He used arguments not by assumption, but by inference. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 74 It steers clear of the fatal assumption of physical elements, merely upon the grounds of mathematical conclusions. 1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. vi. 254 The assumption of pronominal roots..might mean anything or nothing. 11. That which is assumed or taken for granted; a supposition, postulate. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > [noun] > that which is presumed presupposal1573 presupposition1579 expectation1585 presuppose1592 positum1605 assumpsita1628 assumptiona1628 prolepsis1637 reception1646 hypothesis1655 a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) v. 58 He had no hope of bringing these curious assumptions to pass. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires v. 122 Hold! says the Stoick, your assumption's wrong. 1798 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 4 This assumption is directly at variance with the general tenor of the public records. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. viii. 201 Language which was only pardonable on the assumption that it was inspired. 12. Logic. The minor premiss of a syllogism. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > [noun] > premise(s) > minor premise minor?c1450 minor proposition1581 assumption1588 subsumption1600 suppositum1615 minor premise1728 reason1826 1588 A. Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. iii. f. 19 The assumption was this, ‘But Paris is idle.’ 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 276 Here we haue the..assumption vniversally affirmatiue. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xv. 281 The other premise, which enounces the application of the general rule..is called the Minor Premise, the Minor Proposition, the Assumption, or the Subsumption. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1297
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