The phrase "assume itself" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward or unclear in context.
It could be used in discussions about concepts or ideas that take on a certain quality or characteristic independently.
Example: "The theory began to assume itself as a widely accepted explanation among scientists."
Alternatives: "establish itself" or "assert itself".
The public, which no doubt assumed itself unshockable in this media-savvy age, now finds itself feeling gullible and betrayed.
In the face of the government's vacillations before the "English arrogance," the weekly assumes itself as the mouthpiece of national interests and calls everyone to fight.
This film was treated to some hooting and booing on its first screening in Cannes; it is a very odd, singular piece of work: not the visionary masterpiece it assumes itself to be and muddled in its effects and ideas.
It's not clear whether a democratic Iraq will be the result of this sorry mess, but an America that is capable of listening to allies rather than assuming itself to be superior, in spite of evidence to the contrary, would be a positive development.
Because white, male upper class gaze is conflated with neutrality in our society, it wrongly assumes itself to be exempt from identity politics and is blind to how it asserts its identity politics on people as much as those on the left do.
Hence there must be subsequences of { x n } and { y n }, without loss of generality, assuming itself, such that x n ⪯ y n holds for every n = 1, 2, 3, … .
Higher giving-up thresholds reduce the chance that the stronger individual erroneously assumes itself to be weaker and gives up (figure 4 in Appendix A).
This leads to the effect that lower values of T i lead to shorter fights because the weaker individual tends to give up earlier, but it also increases the risk that a stronger individual erroneously assumes itself to be weaker and gives up.
On the other hand, it can hold that human existence, posing itself as a problem, projects itself with absolute freedom, creating itself by itself, thus assuming to itself the function of God.
Washington should engage as a friend, acknowledging that the process is largely a responsibility the region must assume for itself.
