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Affirm vs. Assert

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Affirmverb

To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.

‘She affirmed that she would go when I asked her.’;

Assertverb

To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.

‘He would often assert that there was life on other planets.’;

Affirmverb

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

Assertverb

To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.

‘to assert one's authority’; ‘Salman Rushdie has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work.’;

Affirmverb

To support or encourage.

‘They did everything they could to affirm the children's self-confidence.’;

Assertverb

To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to

‘to assert our rights and liberties’;

Affirmverb

To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (legal) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.

Assertverb

(programming) To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code.

Affirmverb

to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.

Assertverb

(electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.

Affirmverb

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

‘Jesus, . . . whom Paul affirmed to be alive.’;

Assertnoun

(computer science) an assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.

Affirmverb

To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See Affirmation, 4.

Assertverb

To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.

‘Nothing is more shameful . . . than to assert anything to be done without a cause.’;

Affirmverb

To declare or assert positively.

‘Not that I so affirm, though so it seemTo thee, who hast thy dwelling here on earth.’;

Assertverb

To maintain; to defend.

‘That . . . I may assert Eternal Providence,And justify the ways of God to men.’; ‘I will assert it from the scandal.’;

Affirmverb

To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.

Assertverb

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.

Affirmverb

establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;

‘his story confirmed my doubts’; ‘The evidence supports the defendant’;

Assertverb

state categorically

Affirmverb

to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true;

‘Before God I swear I am innocent’;

Assertverb

to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true;

‘Before God I swear I am innocent’;

Affirmverb

say yes to

Assertverb

insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized;

‘Women should assert themselves more!’;

Assertverb

assert to be true;

‘The letter asserts a free society’;

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