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assert

[ uh-surt ]
/ əˈsɜrt /
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verb (used with object)

to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm; aver: He asserted his innocence of the crime.
to maintain or defend (claims, rights, etc.).
to state as having existence; affirm; postulate: to assert a first cause as necessary.

Words related to assert

contend, claim, stress, profess, uphold, affirm, defend, proclaim, say, press, argue, allege, cite, attest, predicate, avow, vindicate, advance, avouch, pronounce

Words nearby assert

assent, assentation, assentient, assentor, asser, assert, asserted, assertion, assertive, assertiveness training, assertoric

Idioms for assert

    assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.: The candidate finally asserted himself about property taxes.

Origin of assert

1595–1605; < Latin assertus joined to, defended, claimed (past participle of asserere), equivalent to as- as- + ser- (see series) + -tus past participle suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM assert

synonym study for assert

1. See declare. 2. See maintain.
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British Dictionary definitions for assert

assert
/ (əˈsɜːt) /

verb (tr)

to insist upon (rights, claims, etc)
(may take a clause as object) to state to be true; declare categorically
to put (oneself) forward in an insistent manner

Derived forms of assert

asserter or assertor, nounassertible, adjective

Word Origin for assert

C17: from Latin asserere to join to oneself, from serere to join
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