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
And such, on this point, is the invariable testimony of Palæontologic science,—testimony so invariable, that no great Palæontologist was ever yet an asserter of the development hypothesis.
From The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed by Hugh Miller
My hour of doubt was not yet arrived, and of the absolute pre-eminence of the clerical office I was a bold and resolute asserter.
From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Thomas Holcroft
"I know," replied Lord Andrew, blushing, "that I am often the asserter of my own folly; and I do not know how you will forgive my inconsiderate impertinence."
From The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter
