All 4 Uses of
assert
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- Mrs. Rachel was not often sick and had a well-defined contempt for people who were; but grippe, she asserted, was like no other illness on earth and could only be interpreted as one of the special visitations of Providence.†
Chpt 9
- "I hate you—I hate you—I hate you—" a louder stamp with each assertion of hatred.†
Chpt 9
- Anne's "so there" was only intended to emphasize her assertion, but Marilla took it as a display of defiance.†
Chpt 14
- She persisted in asserting that she had not taken the brooch.†
Chpt 14 *
Definition:
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(assert as in: asserted her opinion that...) to say that something is true -- especially something disputed