To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate
To receive, adopt (a person)
To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof
To take on a position, duty or form
To adopt (an idea or cause)
To conjecture; assume.
To forecast.
To guess beforehand.
To anticipate; expect.
A conjecture; an assumption.