assert
- 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.
- assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.: The candidate finally asserted himself about property taxes.
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contend, claim, stress, profess, uphold, affirm, defend, proclaim, say, press, argue, allege, cite, attest, predicate, avow, vindicate, advance, avouch, pronounceExamples from the Web for assert
Contemporary Examples of assert
As leaders across the world continue to assert, the war is far from won.
I was forced to bring two male “identity verifiers” to assert who I was, despite the fact that I carried my ID card with me.
Saudi Activist Manal Al-Sharif on Why She Removed the VeilManal Al Sharif, Advancing Human Rights
October 30, 2014
I yo AIRGORDON and the rest of my Yo friends when I wake up for no discernible reason, other than to assert my existence.
In fact, some assert that killing whales is necessary to prevent world starvation.
Welcome to Japan’s Whale Week, Featuring Curried Whale Meat And Exploding HarpoonsAngela Erika Kubo, Jake Adelstein
June 12, 2014
In a previous attempt to assert direct control over the Internet, the FCC lost in court.
Historical Examples of assert
They have begun so cruelly with me, that I have not spirit enough to assert my own negative.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
More, he dared believe, and to assert boldly, that she loved him.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
It was an insult to the divine powers to assert that they had taken the part of a race horse.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
All admit or assert that the lance is in this warfare the better weapon.
The Story of the Malakand Field ForceSir Winston S. Churchill
But be your resolution what it will, do not by any means repeat to them, that you will not assert your right.
Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
assert
- 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
Word Origin for assert
Word Origin and History for assert
c.1600, "declare," from Latin assertus, past participle of asserere "claim, maintain, affirm" (see assertion). Related: Asserted; asserting. To assert oneself "stand up for one's rights" is recorded from 1879.