take for

take for
    v 1: keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; "take for
         granted"; "view as important"; "hold these truths to be
         self-evident"; "I hold him personally responsible" [syn:
         {deem}, {hold}, {view as}, {take for}]
    

57 Moby Thesaurus words for "take for":
      account as, assume, be afraid, believe, conceive, conclude,
      consider, daresay, deduce, deem, divine, dream, esteem, estimate,
      expect, fancy, feel, gather, grant, guess, have a hunch,
      have an idea, have an impression, have an inkling, have the idea,
      hold, hold as, imagine, infer, judge, let, let be, look upon as,
      maintain, opine, prefigure, presume, presuppose, presurmise,
      provisionally accept, reckon, regard, repute, say, set down as,
      suppose, surmise, suspect, take, take for granted, take it,
      take to be, think, trow, understand, view as, ween