assert
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin assertus, past participle of asserere (“‘to declare one free or a slave by laying hands upon him, hence free from, protect, defend, lay claim to, assert, declare’”) < ad (“‘to’”) + serere (“‘to join, range in a row’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /əˈsɜːt/, SAMPA: /@"s3:t/
- (GenAm) IPA: /əˈsɝt/, SAMPA: /@"s3`t/
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)t
[edit] Verb
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to 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.
- he would often assert his beliefs to us
- 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; as, to assert our rights and liberties.
- (computer science) to make true; to make equal to 1.
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[edit] Translations
To affirm
To maintain; to defend
[edit] External links
- assert in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- assert in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- assert at OneLook® Dictionary Search
