See Also: assert(medicine)
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assert(dictionary)

assert (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: , past participle of asserere, from ad- 'to' + serere 'to join']
to state firmly that something is true
::French cooking, she asserted, is the best in the world.
assert that
::He asserted that nuclear power was a safe and non-polluting energy source.
assert your rights/independence/superiority etc
to state very strongly your right to something
::Native Americans asserting their rights to ancestral land
assert yourself
to behave in a determined way and say clearly what you think
::Women began to assert themselves politically.
assert itself
if an idea or belief asserts itself, it begins to influence something
::National pride began to assert itself.