Significat

1. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
3. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
4. The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
5. The taking of a person up into heaven.
6. A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
7. Assumptio.