assumed (
http://definr.com/assumed)
adj 1: accepted as real or true without proof; "an assumed increase
in population"; "the assumed reason for his absence";
"assumptive beliefs"; "his loyalty was taken for
granted" [syn:
assumptive,
taken for granted(p)]
2: taken as your right without justification; "was hearing
evidence in an assumed capacity"; "Congress's arrogated
powers over domains hitherto belonging to the states"
[syn:
arrogated]
3: adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed
cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy";
"a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham
modesty" [syn:
false,
fictitious,
fictive,
pretended,
put on,
sham]