Assume
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
To undertake; engage; promise.
1 Ld. Rayin. 122; 4 Coke, 92.
To take upon one's self.
Springer v. De Wolf, 194 I1L 218, 62 N. E. 542, 56 L. R. A. 465, 88 Am. St. Rep. 155