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Definitions for assert:

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Assert \As*sert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Asserted; p. pr. & vb. n. Asserting.] [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. [1913 Webster] Nothing is more shameful . . . than to assert anything to be done without a cause. --Ray. [1913 Webster] 2. To maintain; to defend. [Obs. or Archaic] [1913 Webster] That . . . I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. --Milton. [1913 Webster] I will assert it from the scandal. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] {To assert one's self}, to claim or vindicate one's rights or position; to demand recognition. [1913 Webster] Syn: To affirm; aver; asseverate; maintain; protest; pronounce; declare; vindicate. Usage: 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. [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
assert v 1: state categorically [syn: asseverate, maintain] 2: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" [syn: affirm, verify, avow, aver, swan, swear] 3: insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!" [syn: put forward] 4: assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society" [syn: insist]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "assert": advance, advocate, affirm, allege, allege in support, announce, annunciate, answer, argue, argue for, assever, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, brook no denial, champion, confess, contend, contend for, counter, declare, defend, enunciate, espouse, express, express the belief, have, hold, insist, insist on, insist upon, issue a manifesto, lay down, maintain, make a plea, manifesto, nuncupate, persist, plead for, pose, posit, postulate, predicate, press, proclaim, profess, pronounce, propose, propound, protest, put, put it, quote, rebut, recite, refute, relate, reply, respond, riposte, say, say in defense, set down, set forth, speak, speak for, speak out, speak up, speak up for, stand for, stand on, stand up for, state, stick to, stick up for, submit, support, sustain, swear, take no denial, uphold, urge, urge reasons for, vow, warrant

Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) :
ASSERT ADEPT Subsystem for Scanning of Electronic Received Traffic (ADEPT, mil., USA)

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