asserting

as·sert

 (ə-sûrt′)

tr.v. as·sert·ed, as·sert·ing, as·serts

1. To state or express positively; affirm: asserted his innocence.

2. To defend or maintain (one's rights, for example).

3. To put into action boldly; employ or demonstrate: asserted her independence.

Idiom:

assert oneself

To act boldly or forcefully, especially in defending one's rights or stating an opinion.

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[Latin asserere, assert- : ad-, ad- + serere, to join; see ser- in Indo-European roots.]

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as·sert′a·ble, as·sert′i·ble adj.

as·sert′er, as·ser′tor n.

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Adj.

1.

asserting - relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration declarative, declaratory interrogatory, interrogative - relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation

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