- (n.) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
- (n.) The act of taking for granted or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim.
- (n.) The thing supposed; a postulate or proposition assumed; a supposition.
- (n.) The act of assuming or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.
- (n.) The taking of a person up into heaven.
- (n.) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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