The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
Assumptio.
The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
The taking of a person up into heaven.
The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, after the formation of a bud or following a period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.
A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
A so-called "preconception", i.e. a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world.
The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device.
The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.