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[[put on clothes]], etc.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐνδύεσθαι]], [[περιβάλλειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἀμφιεννύναι]] (or mid.), [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμφιβάλλεσθαι]], [[ἀμφιδύεσθαι]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμφιτιθέναι]] (or mid.), [[ἀμπίσχειν]] (or mid.).

[[take on oneself]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀναιρεῖσθαι]], [[προστίθεσθαι]], [[ὑφίστασθαι]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἀναλαμβάνειν]]; see [[undertake]].

[[assuming the trouble of your rearing]]: [[verse|V.]] (γῆ) [[πανδοκοῦσα παιδείας ὄτλον]] ([[Aeschylus|Aesch.]], ''[[Seven Against Thebes]]'' 18).

[[he assumes and takes upon himself all these men's iniquities]]: [[prose|P.]] [[πάντα ἀναδεχόμενος καὶ εἰς αὑτόν ποιούμενος τὰ τούτων ἁμαρτήματά ἐστι]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 352).

[[pretend]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πλάσσειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[προσποιεῖσθαι]].

[[a man might assume a fictitious character]]: [[prose|P.]] [[δύναιτ' ἄν τις πλάσασθαι τὸν τρόπον τον αὑτοῦ]] (Lys. 157).

[[infer]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εἰκάζειν]], [[τεκμαίρεσθαι]], [[τοπάζειν]]; see [[infer]].

[[assume]] ([[hypothetically]]): [[prose|P.]] [[τιθέναι]] (or mid.).

[[I will assume it to be so]]: [[prose|P.]] [[θήσω γὰρ οὕτω]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 648).

[[assume as a principle]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὑπολαμβάνειν]], [[ὑποτίθεσθαι]].

[[be assumed]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὑπάρχειν]], [[ὑποκεῖσθαι]].

[[this being assumed]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπόντος τοῦδε]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Electra]]'' 1036).
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