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assert (v.)
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.
