"Assert" is a word in ENGLISH

To support, uphold, or aid; to maintain; -- in a good sense.

A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency …

In pleading. The Latin name of that part of a special plea which follows next .after the statement of appearance …

Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse.

The aggregate of rules of procedure or practlce. As opposed to that body of law which the courts are es-tablished …

One who maintains that points of the Hebrew word translated \"Jehovah\" are really the vowel points of the word \"Adonai.\" …

One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God not by nature but by adoption.

The fixing any one with the paternity of a bastard child, and the obligation to maintain it

To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to deny.

That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains …

A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to …

One who maintains the doctrine of animism.

One who maintains that, under the gospel dispensation, the moral law is of no use or obligation, but that faith …

One who asserts; one who avers pr maintains; an assertor.

One who asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates a claim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; …

Affirming; maintaining.

A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain uniform and durable heat.

One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and …

To maintain a just or true; to vouch for.

To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or influence; as, to back a friend.