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Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character.

Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized by assumption; making unwarranted claims. -- As*sump"tive*ly, adv. Assumptive arms (Her.), originally, arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College. Percy Smith.…

Estate; state. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To escape. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating.

A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals, accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration.

To stun; to astonish; to stupefy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay. [Archaic] The captain of the Helots . . . strake Palladius upon the side of his head, that he reeled astonied. Sir P. Sidney. This sodeyn cas this man astonied so, That reed he wex, abayst, and al quaking. Chaucer.

The science treating of the physical characteristics of the stars and other heavenly bodies, their chemical constitution, light, heat, atmospheres, etc.

To stupefy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

In a swoon. Chaucer.

Characterized by the use of asyndeton; not connected by conjunctions. -- As`yn*det"ic*al*ly, adv.

The state or symptoms characteristic of asystole.

After. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To overtake. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition. Locomotor ataxia. See Locomotor.

Characterized by ataxy, that is, (a) by great irregularity of functions or symptoms, or (b) by a want of coordinating power in movements. Ataxic fever, malignant typhus fever. Pinel.

The influence of a star upon other stars or upon men. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Adamant. [Obs.] Written in the table of athamaunt. Chaucer.

rmerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain uniform and durable heat. Chambers.