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assert

verb

Reveal meaning and examples

To state firmly or put forward a claim or position.

She continued to assert that the published timetable was incorrect.
Dictionary practice example.
A collector visited a small archive to assert that an unsigned drawing was the work of a well-known local illustrator.
From A Claim Worth Believing.
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