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
N. command, order,
ordinance, act,
fiat, hukm,
bidding,
dictum,
hest,
behest, call,
beck,
nod,
despatch,
dispatch, message, direction, injunction, charge, instructions, appointment,
fixture, demand,
exaction, imposition,
requisition, claim,
reclamation,
revendication,
ultimatum, request, requirement,
dictation,
dictate,
mandate,
caveat, decree, senatus consultum,
precept,
prescript,
rescript, writ,
ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict,
decretal,
dispensation,
prescription,
brevet,
placit,
ukase, ukaz,
firman,
hatti-sherif, warrant,
passport,
mittimus,
mandamus,
summons,
subpoena,
nisi prius,
interpellation,
citation, word, word of command, mot d'ordre, bugle call, trumpet call, beat of drum,
tattoo, order of the day,
enactment,
plebiscite V. command, order, decree,
enact,
ordain,
dictate, direct, give orders,
prescribe, set,
appoint, mark out, set a task, prescribe a task, impose a task, set to work, put in requisition,
bid,
enjoin, charge, call upon,
instruct, require at the hands of, exact,
impose, tax, task, demand, insist on, claim, lay claim to,
revendicate, reclaim,
cite,
summon, call for, send for,
subpoena,
beckon, issue a command, make a requisition, issue a requisition, promulgate a requisition, make a decree, issue a decree, promulgate a decree, make an order, issue an order, promulgate an order, give the word of command, give the word, give the signal, call to order, give the law, lay down the law, assume the command,
remand, be -ordered &c, receive an order
Adv. in a commanding tone, by a stroke of the pen, by a dash of the pen, by order, at beat of drum, on the first summons
Phr. the decree is gone forth, sic volo sic jubeo, le roi le veut, boutez en avant
