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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
  • logic The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
  • The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.
  • The act of taking for supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
  • The taking of a person up into heaven.
  • The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.

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