assert
verb
[ əˈsəːt ]
• state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully.
• "the company asserts that the cuts will not affect development"
Similar:
declare,
maintain,
contend,
argue,
state,
claim,
propound,
submit,
posit,
postulate,
adduce,
move,
advocate,
venture,
volunteer,
aver,
proclaim,
announce,
pronounce,
attest,
affirm,
protest,
profess,
swear,
insist,
avow,
opine,
asseverate,
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin asserere ‘claim, affirm’, from ad- ‘to’ + serere ‘to join’.
