asserted

[ uh-sur-tid ]

/ əˈsɜr tɪd /

adjective

resting on a statement or claim unsupported by evidence or proof; alleged: The asserted value of the property was twice the amount anyone offered.

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Origin of asserted

First recorded in 1675–85; assert + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM asserted

as·sert·ed·ly, adverbun·as·sert·ed, adjectivewell-as·sert·ed, adjective

Words nearby asserted

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Example sentences from the Web for asserted

“I cannot reiterate enough that there is so much abuse that goes on in this place,” he asserted.
Beaten By His Church for Being Gay|Justin Jones|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It also harkened back to Ada Lovelace, who asserted that machines would be able to do almost anything, except think on their own.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Land, he asserted, should be owned by the public and government funded by rents.
In the Future We'll All Be Renters: America's Disappearing Middle Class|Joel Kotkin|August 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Persian frontier was the only firmly delineated border, asserted by mountains.
Gertrude of Arabia, the Woman Who Invented Iraq|Clive Irving|June 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Think of the infamous August 1978 CIA assessment that asserted Iran was not in a revolutionary or pre-revolutionary state.
Putin Was Right: This Internet Thing Really Was Created by the CIA|Eli Lake|April 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is asserted there that soda water was invented in Belfast.
One Irish Summer|William Eleroy Curtis
Great indignation was expressed in parliament at this measure, and it was asserted that the dogs tore the natives in pieces.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt
His sense of humor, always close to the surface, asserted itself.
Lightnin'|Frank Bacon
"You went to his rooms that afternoon," Walter asserted point blank.
The Doctor of Pimlico|William Le Queux
Chickum asserted that he had seen the hired girl mix a little salt in the dough.
The Cassowary|Stanley Waterloo

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