All 4 Uses of
assert
in
Girl Interrupted
- One or the other would assert itself, rush or dribble through me, and pass on.†
- If you are not crazy, the second interpreter's assertion, that 'this is a bureau", will be acceptable to the first interpreter.†
- The patient must lay out the often fantastic assertions of the first interpreter and scrutinize them with the second.†
- Alternation between dependency and self-assertion is common.†
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Definition:
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(assert as in: asserted her opinion that...) to say that something is true -- especially something disputed