assert
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(verb) state categorically |
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Synonyms: asseverate, maintain |
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Related Words: allege, aver, insist, predicate, proclaim, say, take a firm stand |
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(verb) insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!" |
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Synonyms: put forward |
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Related Words: acquit, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport |
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(verb) assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society" |
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Synonyms: insist |
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Related Words: posit, postulate |
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(verb) to declare or affirm as true: "Before God I swear I am innocent." |
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Synonyms: affirm, aver, avow, swan, swear |
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Related Words: assure, attest, claim, declare, declare, hold, protest, take, tell |
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