assert
verbTo state firmly or put forward a claim or position.
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assertive
adjectiveConfident and direct in expressing a position or acting on it.
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verbTo state positively that something is true or to express firm support for it.
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verbTo assert that something happened or is true before it has been proved.
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verbTo state positively or affirm as true.
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adjectiveInsisting on beliefs as unquestionably true without sufficient openness to challenge.
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nounA statement withdrawing or correcting something previously asserted.
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