assert

assert has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• v. t.. To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.
• v. t.. To maintain; to defend.
• v. t.. 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.
• v.. assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"
• v.. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
• v.. state categorically
• v.. insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!"