em-, emp-, empt- (sump-, -sum-) (Latin: a taking, to take, to take up, to buy, to select; to use, to spend, to consume)
sumptuously
sumptuousness
Suscipe Terra tuo de corpore sumptum.
Receive, O Earth, what was taken from thy body.
Epitaph of Pope Gregory the Great. tacit assumptions
The underlying agreements or statements made in the development of a logical argument, course of action, decision, or judgment that are not explicitly voiced nor necessarily understood by the decision maker or judge.
Some examples of tacit assumptions are those arguments supporting moral, religious, racist, organizational culture, and political arguments. unassuming
unexampled
Unit Test, Phago (Eat, Consume) Words
Unit Test, Vorous (Eat, Consume) Words
Virtute et Exemplo.
By Virtue and Example.
Motto of German Emperor Joseph II (1765-1790).
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