Translation
to assert, claim
Word origin
From Latin asserere ('to claim, to maintain'), from ad ('to') and serere ('to join, to bind'): to bind a statement to yourself. English assert and assertion come from the same verb.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- asserere
- English cognates
- assert, assertion
Examples
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He claims that he did not do that.
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She claimed that she saw a wolf in the park.
, e .
It is easy to claim, but hard to prove.
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