Word Meaning

assert definition and meaning

v. t. To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.
v. t. To maintain; to defend.
v. t. 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.

Crossword clues for assert

- Affirm
- Aver
- Avouch
- Claim a tress is skewwhiff
- Claim positively
- Contend
- Declare
- Declare firmly
- Declare to be true
- Firmly State
- Mouth off
- Postulate
- Put forward
- State as true
- State firmly
- State strongly
- State to be true, aver