Sentence:  Some recent writings <WSD>assume</WSD> that the ignorant young couples are a thing of the remote , Victorian past ; that nowadays all honeymooners are thoroughly familiar with the best sex-manuals and know enough from talk with friends and personal experimentation to take all the anxiety and hazards out of the situation . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof