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<b class="b2">Put on clothes, etc.</b>: P. and V. ἐνδύεσθαι, περιβάλλειν, Ar. and P. ἀμφιεννύναι (or mid.), V. ἀμφιβάλλεσθαι, ἀμφιδύεσθαι, Ar. and V. ἀμφιτιθέναι (or mid.), ἀμπίσχειν (or mid.).

<b class="b2">Take on oneself</b>: P. and V. ἀναιρεῖσθαι, προστίθεσθαι, ὑφίστασθαι, P. ἀναλαμβάνειν; see [[undertake]].

<b class="b2">Assuming the trouble of your rearing</b>: V. (γῆ) πανδοκοῦσα παιδείας ὄτλον (Aesch., ''Theb.'' 18).

<b class="b2">He assumes and takes upon himself all these men's iniquities</b>: P. πάντα ἀναδεχόμενος καὶ εἰς αὑτόν ποιούμενος τὰ τούτων ἁμαρτήματά ἐστι (Dem. 352).

<b class="b2">Pretend</b>: P. and V. πλάσσειν, Ar. and P. προσποιεῖσθαι.

<b class="b2">A man might assume a fictitious character</b>: P. δύναιτʼ ἄν τις πλάσασθαι τὸν τρόπον τον [[αὑτοῦ]] (Lys. 157).

<b class="b2">Infer</b>: P. and V. εἰκάζειν, τεκμαίρεσθαι, τοπάζειν; see [[infer]].

<b class="b2">Assume</b> (<b class="b2">hypothetically</b>): P. τιθέναι (or mid.).

<b class="b2">I will assume it to be so</b>: P. [[θήσω]] γὰρ οὕτω (Dem. 648).

<b class="b2">Assume as a principle</b>: P. ὑπολαμβάνειν, ὑποτίθεσθαι.

<b class="b2">Be assumed</b>: P. ὑπάρχειν, ὑποκεῖσθαι.

<b class="b2">This being assumed</b>: V. ὑπόντος τοῦδε (Eur., ''El.'' 1036).