Definition of Assumed

• accepted as real or true without proof; "an assumed increase in population"; "the assumed reason for his absence"; "assumptive beliefs"; "his loyalty was taken for granted"
• taken as your right without justification; "was hearing evidence in an assumed capacity"; "Congresss arrogated powers over domains hitherto belonging to the states"
• 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"