Antonyms for assert


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-surt
Phonetic Transcription : əˈsɜrt


Definition of assert

Origin :
  • c.1600, "declare," from Latin assertus, past participle of asserere "claim, maintain, affirm" (see assertion). Related: Asserted; asserting. To assert oneself "stand up for one's rights" is recorded from 1879.
  • verb insist, declare, maintain
Example sentences :
  • They have begun so cruelly with me, that I have not spirit enough to assert my own negative.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • More, he dared believe, and to assert boldly, that she loved him.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • It was an insult to the divine powers to assert that they had taken the part of a race horse.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • All admit or assert that the lance is in this warfare the better weapon.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • But be your resolution what it will, do not by any means repeat to them, that you will not assert your right.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • He could assert now, without fear of refutation, that Stryker had lied.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • It has not even a single policeman to assert the majesty of the law.
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • The idea of daring to pretend to assert that you have eyes in your head, and yet ask me what's the matter!'
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Do you mean to assert that it is not to Kanes energy and science that we owe his great discovery?
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • Will you assert that nothing strange can have to do with human affairs?
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

Synonyms for assert

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