assert
verb (used with object)
to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm; aver.
asserter
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a word derived from
assert.
Example Sentences
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Yet — and this was absolutely astonishing for its time — Moby Dick becomes the ultimate asserter of reason.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2020
The constant in his life has been incessant work, and you need a few spreadsheets to chart the 50 or so companies that he either owns or co-owns as a patent asserter.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2013
“Man is not born alone to act, or be The sole asserter of man’s liberty; But so God shares the gifts of head and heart, And crowns blest woman with a hero’s part.”
From Peggy Owen and Liberty by Madison, Lucy Foster
Schrader is the most candid and consistent asserter of the papal claims.
From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
Was the first asserter of them, Justin Martyr more pious, cautious, learned, judicious, or less credulous than Epiphanius?
From Letter to the Reverend Mr. Cary Containing Remarks upon his Review of the Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing the New Testament to the Old by English, George Bethune
