To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof
To receive, adopt (a person)
To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate
To take on a position, duty or form
To adopt (an idea or cause)
To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
To put by fraud in the place of another.
To theorize or hypothesize.
To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.