Antonyms for assert

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-surt

Phonetic Transcription : əˈsɜrt

Definition of assert

Origin : c.1600, "declare," from Latin assertus, past participle of asserere "claim, maintain, affirm" (see assertion). Related: Asserted; asserting. To assert oneself "stand up for one's rights" is recorded from 1879.

verb insist, declare, maintain

Example sentences :

They have begun so cruelly with me, that I have not spirit enough to assert my own negative.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

More, he dared believe, and to assert boldly, that she loved him.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

It was an insult to the divine powers to assert that they had taken the part of a race horse.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

All admit or assert that the lance is in this warfare the better weapon.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

But be your resolution what it will, do not by any means repeat to them, that you will not assert your right.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

He could assert now, without fear of refutation, that Stryker had lied.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

It has not even a single policeman to assert the majesty of the law.
Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous

The idea of daring to pretend to assert that you have eyes in your head, and yet ask me what's the matter!'
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

Do you mean to assert that it is not to Kanes energy and science that we owe his great discovery?
Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne

Will you assert that nothing strange can have to do with human affairs?
Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

Synonyms for assert

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