declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true In your talk you asserted the pill's risks of blood clotting, lung artery blockage, heart attack and stroke are minimal. — Science Magazine (Feb 18 [..]

c. 1600, "declare," from Latin assertus, past participle of asserere "claim, maintain, affirm" (see assertion). Related: Asserted; asserting. To assert oneself "stand up for o [..]

to evaluate or determine the amount of.

state categorically affirm: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" insist on having one's opinions and rights reco [..]

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to affirm, maintain, dclare

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to present and demand recognition of [ a claim] as·ser·tion [ə-sər-shən] n

state as true; declare.

(v) state categorically(v) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true(v) insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized(v) assert to be true

(computer science) an assert statement; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.