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as·sert       (ə-sûrt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   as·sert·ed, as·sert·ing, as·serts
  1. To state or express positively; affirm: asserted his innocence.
  2. To defend or maintain (one's rights, for example).


[Latin asserere, assert- : ad-, ad- + serere, to join; see ser-2 in Indo-European roots.]

as·sert'a·ble, as·sert'i·ble adj., as·sert'er, as·ser'tor n.
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asserting

adjective
relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration [syn: declarative] [ant: interrogative] 

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