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vb. (context idiomatic with "of" English) To take on a specific role or position, along with any associated responsibility.
Usage examples of "assume the mantle".
Coldly she asked, 'Do you imply that a woman cannot assume the mantle of a great house, and make the name of her ancestors prosper?
But I am growing old, and it is in my heart to point out that you have no younger servants in training to assume the mantle of adviser when I am gone.
Would she want to marry a man under so much pressure to assume the mantle of another world's legends and leave his old life behind?
It was time for Axis to assume the mantle of claimant to the throne of Achar, and heir to the Icarii Talon throne.
I suggest removing myself to the role of first officer, and that you once again assume the mantle of post captain.
It took some time for Khazid'hea to truly appreciate that in compelling the orc to supplant Obould, it was asking the orc to assume the mantle of a god.
It was time to assume the mantle of not just his birthright, but his special nature.
After serving usually a minimum of four years, a Grand Druid steps down to allow the chosen successor to assume the mantle of leadership.
And study this man and judge this man and try, in the few moments one was likely to get, to estimate what sort of man this was, who came out of complete shadow inside the enclave of Reseune, to assume the mantle of Ariane Emory.
The storm and the night were over and he wanted to assume the mantle of adulthood and indepen.
The storm and the night were over and he wanted to assume the mantle of adulthood and independence once again.
We're not trying, as Fielding sometimes suggested, to assume the mantle of God.
We will come down from the heights and assume the mantle of our .