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assertverb to state clearly and stronglya superpatriot who is never afraid to assert her allegiance to flag and country affirm, aver, avouch, avow, declare, guarantee, lay down, profess advance, advertise, boost, plug, promote, publicizeannounce, blaze, call, proclaim, pronounce, sayaccent, accentuate, emphasize, stress, underline, underscoreadvocate, champion, defend, espouse, support, upholdassure, convince, persuadeexplain, justify, rationalizereaffirm, reassert minimize, understatedisregard, ignore, neglect, overlook to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under considerationasserted that a new roof would be necessary if the church was to remain open argue, contend, maintain, plead, reason adduce, cite, mentionclaim, insistaffirm, aver, avouch, avowadvance, give, offer, propose, submitadvise, counsel, recommend, suggest, urgeconvince, persuadeadvocate, champion, defend, enforce, espouse, supportexplain, justify, rationalizeconsider, debate, discussconfute, counter, disprove, rebut, refute to state as a fact usually forcefullyvigorously asserted that what passes for art these days is absolute rubbish affirm, allege, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, insist, maintain, profess, protest, purport, warrant announce, broadcast, proclaimargue, rationalize, reasonconfirm, justify, vindicatedefend, persevere, support, upholdreaffirm, reassert put forth deny, gainsay abandondisavow, disclaim, disown, negate, negative, reject, repudiatechallenge, dispute, questionconfute, disprove, rebut, refutecontradict, counter assert, declare, affirm, protest, avow mean to state positively usually in anticipation of denial or objection.assert implies stating confidently without need for proof or regard for evidence.asserted that modern music is just noise declare stresses open or public statement.declared her support for the candidate affirm implies conviction based on evidence, experience, or faith.affirmed the existence of an afterlife protest emphasizes affirming in the face of denial or doubt.protested that he really had been misquoted avow stresses frank declaration and acknowledgment of personal responsibility for what is declared.avowed that all investors would be repaid in full Cf. maintain. ca. 1604 |