presume

Finally, on 5 November, the court declared it had no option but to “presume” that no such ban notification exists and therefore couldn’t assess its validity.

To presume otherwise would be to pretend that, in the glow of victory, the petty tyrants of Trumpworld are summoning a nobility of spirit that, as far as I can tell, they haven’t manifested once in the past decade.

Employers should not presume the accusation is either true or false, says Acas.

You said at one point that you presume people understand the science.

I don't presume that they understand the science.