Antonyms for re-asserted


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-surt
Phonetic Transcription : əˈsɜrt


Definition of re-asserted

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.
  • As in declare : verb make known clearly or officially
Example sentences :
  • For the moment Rosemary's faith wavered, then re-asserted itself.
  • Extract from : « Master of the Vineyard » by Myrtle Reed
  • In his first anger he had forgotten his hunger, but now it re-asserted itself.
  • Extract from : « Married » by August Strindberg
  • With one voice they re-asserted their own innocence and that of their order.
  • Extract from : « Secret Societies of the Middle Ages » by Thomas Keightley
  • It re-asserted itself, in fuller vigour than ever, at the Reformation.
  • Extract from : « The Water of Life » by Charles Kingsley
  • That "The moon is made of green cheese" is re-asserted by Rabelais and in the pages of "Hudibras."
  • Extract from : « Proverb Lore » by F. Edward Hulme
  • My old passion for books had, in the meantime, re-asserted itself, and I longed once more for quiet.
  • Extract from : « In the Days of My Youth » by Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards
  • Once again, as he took up the pen to sign the record of his last words, he re-asserted her innocence.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Remarkable Criminals » by H. B. Irving
  • They had now reached the house, and Agnes's habitual manner at once re-asserted itself.
  • Extract from : « Robert Orange » by John Oliver Hobbes
  • By noon the next day, his fine vitality, which so fitted him for an Arctic expedition, had re-asserted itself.
  • Extract from : « The Purple Cloud » by M.P. Shiel
  • Mr. Green re-asserted that all he had stated about plans being laid to catch the unwary, by gamblers, was strictly true.
  • Extract from : « Secret Band of Brothers » by Jonathan Harrington Green

Synonyms for re-asserted

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