Thesaurus: assert

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1. v. t. To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.
2. v. t. To maintain; to defend.
3. v. t. 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.
4. v. state categorically
5. v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
6. v. insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
7. v. postulate positively and assertively
8. v:100 v. state categorically v. insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized