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as·sert  (-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).
Idiom:
assert oneself
To act boldly or forcefully, especially in defending one's rights or stating an opinion.

[Latin asserere, assert- : ad-, ad- + serere, to join; see ser-2 in Indo-European roots.]

as·serta·ble, as·serti·ble adj.
as·serter, as·sertor n.

assert
Verb
1. to state or declare
2. to insist upon (one's rights, etc.)
3. assert oneself to speak and act forcefully [Latin asserere to join to oneself]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.assert - state categorically
insist, take a firm stand - be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!"
allege, aver, say - report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"
predicate, proclaim - affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
2.assertassert - to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
hold - assert or affirm; "Rousseau's philosophy holds that people are inherently good"
claim, take - lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"
attest - authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity; "I attest this signature"
declare - state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"
declare - state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"
protest - affirm or avow formally or solemnly; "The suspect protested his innocence"
assure, tell - inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!"
3.assert - insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!"
deport, comport, acquit, behave, conduct, bear, carry - behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
4.assert - assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"
postulate, posit - take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited three basic laws of nature"

assert
verb 2. insist upon, stress, defend, uphold, put forward, vindicate, press, stand up for << OPPOSITE retract
assert yourself be forceful, put your foot down (informal) put yourself forward, make your presence felt, exert your influence
Translations
Spanish assert [əˈsəːt] vtafirmar (= insist on); hacer valer;
to assert o.s. → imponerse

French assert [əˈsəːt] vtaffirmer, déclarer; établir [+ authority]; faire valoir [+ innocence]; protester de;
to assert o.s. → s'imposer

German assert [əˈsəːt] vtbehaupten;
(innocence) → beteuern;
(authority) → geltend machen;
to assert o.s. → sich durchsetzen

Italian assert [əˈsəːt] vtasserire (= insist on); far valere;
to assert o.s. → farsi valere

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He alone then understood the meaning of the French army's inactivity, he alone continued to assert that the battle of Borodino had been a victory, he alone- who as commander in chief might have been expected to be eager to attack- employed his whole strength to restrain the Russian army from useless engagements.
Now to say that the honour I here mean, and which was, I thought, all the honour I could be supposed to mean, will uphold, much less dictate an untruth, is to assert an absurdity too shocking to be conceived.
All the while that he held me so fast by his potent charm I was aware that it was a very rough magic now and again, but I could not assert my sense of this against him in matters of character and structure.
 
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