1. To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate. Nothing is more shameful . . . Than to assert anything to be done without a cause. (Ray)

2. To maintain; to defend. That . . . I may assert Eternal providence, And justify the ways of god to men. (Milton) I will assert it from the scandal. (Jer. Taylor)

3. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties. To assert one's self, to claim or vindicate one's rights or position; to demand recognition.

Synonym: to affirm, aver, asseverate, maintain, protest, pronounce, declare, vindicate.


Origin: L. Assertus, p. P. Of asserere to join or fasten to one's self, claim, maintain; ad _ serere to join or bind together. See series.

Source: Websters Dictiona 3c6 ry

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