v. t.
Nothing is more shameful . . . than to assert anything to be done without a cause. Ray. [ 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 ]
To assert one's self,
adj.
adj.
n. One who asserts; one who avers pr maintains; an assertor. [ 1913 Webster ]
The inflexible asserter of the rights of the church. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. prenom.
n. [ L. assertio, fr. asserere. ]
There is a difference between assertion and demonstration. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory. [ 1913 Webster ]
In a confident and assertive form. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L., fr. asserere. ] One who asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates a claim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter. [ 1913 Webster ]
The assertors of liberty said not a word. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Faithful assertor of thy country's cause. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Asserting that a thing is; -- opposed to
a. [ L. assertorius, fr. asserere. ] Affirming; maintaining. [ 1913 Webster ]
Arguments . . . assertory, not probatory. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
An assertory, not a promissory, declaration. Bentham. [ 1913 Webster ]
A proposition is assertory, when it enounces what is known as actual. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To assert again or anew; to maintain after an omission to do so. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let us hope . . . we may have a body of authors who will reassert our claim to respectability in literature. Walsh. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A second or renewed assertion of the same thing. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; hence, putting one's self forward in a confident or assuming manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; the quality of being self-asserting. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Disposed to self-assertion; self-asserting. [ 1913 Webster ]