ASSERT

insist, assert

(verb) postulate positively and assertively; “The letter asserts a free society”

affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear

(verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; “Before God I swear I am innocent”

assert, asseverate, maintain

(verb) state categorically

assert, put forward

(verb) insist on having one’s opinions and rights recognized; “Women should assert themselves more!”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

assert (third-person singular simple present asserts, present participle asserting, simple past and past participle asserted)

To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.

To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.

To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to

(programming) To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code.

(electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.

Antonyms

• remit

• deny

• deassert

Synonyms

• affirm

• asseverate

• aver

Noun

assert (plural asserts)

(computer science) an assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.

Anagrams

• Saters, TASers, Tasers, Tesars, asters, reasts, setars, stares, stears, tarses, tasers

Source: Wiktionary

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As*sert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Asserted; p. pr. & vb. n. Asserting.] Etym: [L. assertus, p. p. of asserere to join or fasten to one's self, claim, maintain; ad + serere to join or bind together. See Series.]

1. To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate. Nothing is more shameful . . . than to assert anything to be done without a cause. Ray.

2. To maintain; to defend. [Obs. or Archaic] That . . . I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. Milton. I will assert it from the scandal. Jer. Taylor.

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. To assert one's self, to claim or vindicate one's rights or position; to demand recognition.

Syn.

– To affirm; aver; asseverate; maintain; protest; pronounce; declare; vindicate.

– To Assert, Affirm, Maintain, Vindicate. To assert is to fasten to one's self, and hence to claim. It is, therefore, adversative in its nature. We assert our rights and privileges, or the cause of tree institutions, as against opposition or denial. To affirm is to declare as true. We assert boldly; we affirm positively. To maintain is to uphold, and insist upon with earnestness, whatever we have once asserted; as, to maintain one's cause, to maintain an argument, to maintain the ground we have taken. To vindicate is to use language and measures of the strongest kind, in defense of ourselves and those for whom we act. We maintain our assertions by adducing proofs, facts, or arguments; we are ready to vindicate our rights or interests by the utmost exertion of our powers.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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