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Assert [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To affirm positively; to declare with assurance; to aver.

2. To maintain or defend by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.

Assert [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.

2. To maintain; to defend.

3. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.

Asserted [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Affirmed positively; maintained; vindicated.

Asserted [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Asserter [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who asserts; one who avers pr maintains; an assertor.

Asserting [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Declaring with confidence; maintaining; defending.

Asserting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Assertion [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of asserting; the maintaining of a claim.

2. Positive declaration or averment; affirmation; position advanced.

Assertion [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.

2. Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.

Assertive [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Positive; affirming confidently; peremptory.

Assertive [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.

Assertively [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Affirmatively

Assertor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who affirms positively; one who maintains or vindicates a claim; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator.

Assertor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates a claim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter.

Assertorial [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Asserting that a thing is; -- opposed to problematical and apodeictical.

Assertory [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Affirming; maintaining.

Assertory [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Affirming; maintaining.

Affirmation Roget’s Thesaurus §535

N. affirmance, affirmation, statement, allegation, assertion, predication, declaration, word, averment, confirmation, asseveration, adjuration, swearing, oath, affidavit, deposition, avouchment, assurance, protest, protestation, profession, acknowledgment, legal pledge, pronouncement, solemn averment, solemn avowal, solemn declaration, remark, observation, position, saying, dictum, sentence, ipse dixit, emphasis, weight, dogmatism, dogmatics

V. assert, make an assertion, have one's say, say, affirm, predicate, declare, state, protest, profess, put forth, put forward, advance, allege, propose, propound, enunciate, broach, set forth, hold out, maintain, contend, pronounce, pretend, depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear, make oath, take one's oath, make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit, take one's bible oath, kiss the book, vow, vitam impendere vero, swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue, be sworn, call heaven to witness, vouch, warrant, certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle, swear by, insist upon, take one's stand upon, emphasize, lay stress on, assert roundly, assert positively, lay down, lay down the law, raise one's voice, dogmatize, have the last word, rap out, repeat, reassert, reaffirm, announce, acknowledge, attest, adjure

Adj. asserting, declaratory, predicatory, pronunciative, affirmative, soi-disant, positive, certain, express, explicit, absolute, emphatic, flat, broad, round, pointed, marked, distinct, decided, confident, trenchant, dogmatic, definitive, formal, solemn, categorical, peremptory, unretracted, predicable

Adv. affirmatively, in the affirmative, with emphasis, ex-cathedra, without fear of contradiction, as god is my witness, i must say, indeed, i' faith, let me tell you, why, give me leave to say, marry, you may be sure, i'd have you to know, upon my word, upon my honor, by my troth, egad, i assure you, by jingo, by jove, by george, &c, troth, seriously, sadly, in sadness, in sober sadness, in truth, in earnest, of a truth, truly, perdy, in all conscience, upon oath, be assured, yes, i'll warrant, i'll warrant you, i'll engage, i'll answer for it, i'll be bound, i'll venture to say, i'll take my oath, in fact, forsooth, joking apart, so help me god, not to mince the matter

Phr. quoth he, dixi

Dueness Roget’s Thesaurus §924

N. due, dueness, right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand, birthright, immunity, license, liberty, franchise, vested interest, vested right, sanction, authority, warranty, charter, warrant, constitution, tenure, bond, claimant, appellant, plaintiff

V. be due, to, be the due, of, have right to, have title to, have claim to, be entitled to, have a claim upon, belong to, deserve, merit, be worthy of, richly deserve, demand, claim, call upon for, come upon for, appeal to for, revendicate, reclaim, exact, insist on, insist upon, challenge, take one's stand, make a point of, require, lay claim to, assert, assume, arrogate, make good, substantiate, vindicate a claim, vindicate a right, fit for, qualify for, make out a case, give a right, confer a right, entitle, authorize, sanctify, legalize, ordain, prescribe, allot, give every one his due, pay one's dues, have one's due, have one's rights, use a right, assert, enforce, put in force, lay under contribution

Adj. having a right to, entitled to, claiming, deserving, meriting, worthy of, privileged, allowed, sanctioned, warranted, authorized, ordained, prescribed, constitutional, chartered, enfranchised, prescriptive, presumptive, absolute, indefeasible, unalienable, inalienable, imprescriptible, inviolable, unimpeachable, unchallenged, sacrosanct, due to, merited, deserved, condign, richly deserved, allowable, lawful, licit, legitimate, legal, legalized, square, unexceptionable, right, equitable, due, en r gle, fit, fitting, correct, proper, meet, befitting, becoming, seemly, decorous, creditable, up to the mark, right as a trivet, just the thing, quite the thing, selon les r gles

Adv. duly, ex officio, de jure, by right, by divine right, jure divino, dei gratia, in the name of

Phr. civis romanus sum, chaque saint sa chandelle