assert
Definition
- v. state categorically
- v. insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
Word forms
- Past tense
- asserted
- Present participle
- asserting
- Third person singular
- asserts
- Past participle
- asserted
Example sentences
vt.
She asserted that she was right about the decision.
vt.
In court, the lawyer asserted his client's innocence.