All 4 Uses of
assert
in
Emma
- It was most convenient to Emma not to make a direct reply to this assertion; she chose rather to take up her own line of the subject again.†
Chpt 1.7-8
- He was accused of having a delightful voice, and a perfect knowledge of music; which was properly denied; and that he knew nothing of the matter, and had no voice at all, roundly asserted.†
Chpt 2.7-8
- "I have heard it asserted," said John Knightley, "that the same sort of handwriting often prevails in a family; and where the same master teaches, it is natural enough.†
Chpt 2.15-16
- I could almost assert that you had named Mr. Frank Churchill.†
Chpt 3.11-12 *
Definition:
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(assert as in: asserted her opinion that...) to say that something is true -- especially something disputed