Supposes (8)
I believe the answer is:
presumes
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">supposes</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for presumes that I've seen before include "takes liberties" , "... supposes" , "Takes to be the case" .)