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ENGLISH: assert - CREOLE: revandike

Overview of verb assert

The verb assert has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)

1. (22) assert, asseverate, maintain -- (state categorically)

2. (6) affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear -- (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent")

3. (2) assert, put forward -- (insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!")

4. (1) insist, assert -- (assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society")