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• past participle of assert.
• past tense form of assert.

asserted

American  

[uh-sur-tid] / əˈsɜr tɪd /

adjective

1. 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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Other Word Forms

• unasserted
  adjective
• well-asserted
  adjective
• assertedly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of asserted

First recorded in 1675–85; assert + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Asserted a top National Security Council official last week: "We have Gaddafi up to his ears in this bombing operation."

From Time Magazine Archive

Asserted Ohio's Robert A. Taft: "There is a tendency toward executive usurpation of power in this field, as in domestic legislation."

From Time Magazine Archive

Asserted Ralph Wilson, vice president of Babson's Statistical Organization, "Business has struck bottom!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Asserted John Nevin, chairman of Firestone Tire & Rubber: "There will be a more pragmatic attitude toward intolerable budget deficits."

From Time Magazine Archive

But genius will assert its right To speak a word, or chant a lay, And thou, with independent might, Asserted it from day to day.

From Canada and Other Poems by Young, T. F. (Thomas Frederick)

Related Words

• alleged
• apparent
• presumed
• purported