Assumes

Examples

• Let it suffice h ere to state that Rutherford assumes that the greater mass of the atom consis ts o f negatively charged particles rotating about a positive nucle us. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Marie was one of those unfortunately constituted mortals, in whose eyes whatever is lost and gone assumes a value which it never had in possession. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• From the Gulf of Finland to the Eastern Ocean, Russia now assumes the form of a powerful and civilized empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The latter assumes continuity; the former state or imply certain basic divisions, separations, or antitheses, technically called dualisms. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• If, however, a current is sent through the wire, the coil faces about and assumes a definite position. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• And this assimilation of himself to another, either by the use of voice or gesture, is the imitation of the person whose character he assumes? Plato. The Republic.
• Entangled with the love of gaiety, organized as commerce, it is literally impossible to follow the myriad expressions it assumes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• How cool that woman is, said one; what airs of independence she assumes, where she ought to sit still and be thankful if anybody speaks to her! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Socrates praises his frankness, and assumes the attitude of one whose only wish is to understand the meaning of his opponents. Plato. The Republic.
• Every particle of water assumes as many of salt as can adhere to it; when more is added, it precipitates, and will not remain suspended. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Under the present system of management, therefore, Great Britain derives nothing but loss from the dominion which she assumes over her colonies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Invention after invention has followed in such rapid succession, even to the last years of the Nineteenth Century, until war now assumes the conditions of suicide and annihilation. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The dilemma makes no provision for coming to know, for learning; it assumes either complete knowledge or complete ignorance. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It has gradually augmented, until it assumes the appearance of aberration of intellect. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• We now pass to one of the special forms which the general function of education assumes: namely, that of direction, control, or guidance. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Prevision of change is not part of its scope, for habit assumes the essential likeness of the new situation with the old. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• If he shows his face near it, mine assumes an imploring and submissive expression. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Any uniformity of conduct becomes at once an impossible ideal, and the willingness to live and let live assumes high place among the virtues. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The house during her stay assumes a festive, neat, warm, jovial, snug appearance not visible at other seasons. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• They will arrest him yet unless he assumes an expression of countenance that shall have less of carnage, insurrection and sedition in it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Such a philosophy is both foolish and false, like that opinion of the clever rogue who assumes all other men to be like himself. Plato. The Republic.
• The theorist is incompetent when he deals with socialism just because he assumes that men are determined by logic and that a false conclusion will stop a moving, creative force. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.

Edited by Dorothy