assert
verb (used with object)
to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm; aver.
assertor
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a word derived from
assert.
Example Sentences
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Tom Steady was a vehement assertor of uncontroverted truth; and by keeping himself out of the reach of contradiction had acquired all the confidence which the consciousness of irresistible abilities could have given.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler by Samuel Johnson
He is a good country gentleman, a great assertor of the prerogatives of the monarchy and the Church.—Swift.
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings by Jonathan Swift
For the assertor may be asked, How do you know that thought is not self-existent; or that a given thought is not the effect of its antecedent thought, or of some external power?
From Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews by Thomas Henry Huxley
You see that Strauss, who is the most strenuous assertor of the impossibility of miracles, is also a pantheist.
From The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic by Henry Rogers
After this close connexion in all their studies and discoveries, Dr. William Hunter published his magnificent work—the proud favourite of his heart, the assertor of his fame.
From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Isaac Disraeli
