All 3 Uses of
assert
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- In his singular character the dual nature alternately asserted itself, and his extreme exactness and astuteness represented, as I have often thought, the reaction against the poetic and contemplative mood which occasionally predominated in him.†
Chpt 2
- You must assert that in such words as will carry conviction with them.†
Chpt 5 *
- As to Mrs. St. Clair's assertion that she had actually seen her husband at the window, he declared that she must have been either mad or dreaming.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
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(assert as in: asserted her opinion that...) to say that something is true -- especially something disputed