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assumer

/a.sy.me/ verb B2
  1. embrace; accept; own (transitive) · assumer ses erreurs to embrace one's mistakes
  2. assume (take on a role) (transitive) · assumer la responsabilité d’une chose to take on responsibility for something
  3. take responsibility (pronominal) · Un adolescent devient adulte lorsqu’il peut s’assumer. A teenager becomes an adult when he can take responsibility.
  4. synonym of présumer (“to assume; to presume”) (transitive)
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Verb forms

Infinitive
assumer
Present participle
assumant
Past participle
assumé
Present (je)
assume
Future (je)
assumerai
Passé composé (je)
ai assumé

From the library

— Permettez, monsieur, et vous aussi, mademoiselle, dit le notaire en s'adressant à Villefort et à Valentine, c'est là un de ces cas où l'officier public ne peut inconsidérément procéder sans assumer une responsabilité dangereuse.
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, p. 602 · C1

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