In litigation, to oppose a claimant’s case; to advance or protect one’s own adverse interests. Also, as an attorney, to represent the defendant in a criminal case or civil proceeding.
Warrant
, in this comparison, is colloquial, and implies positiveness by the speaker I warrant they'll be late again See also syn. study at declare.
Avouch
implies firsthand knowledge or authority on the part of the speaker
Aver
connotes implicit confidence in the truth of one's statement from one's own knowledge of the matter
Affirm
implies deep conviction in one's statement or the unlikelihood of denial by another she affirmed her innocence
To
declare
is to assert openly or formally, often in the face of opposition they declared their independence
To
assert
is to state positively with great confidence but with no objective proof to assert that human nature will never change
Find another word for assert. In this page you can discover 56 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for assert, like: state, declare, affirm, aver, vindicate, claim, attest, profess, asseverate, warrant and cite.
Only once during this period did the young tsar come forward and assert his authority.
At last the law-abiding Jews might and must assert the majesty of the outraged Law.
His long reign (1229-1290) was a perpetual struggle with the kings of France and England, each anxious to assert his suzerainty over Beam.
The advantage of the breech-loader now began to assert itself, for the Austrian skirmishers who covered the front of the guns could only load when standing up, while the Prussians lay down or fired from cover.
The first error is to assert that history unfolds in a basically linear fashion, that there is a fundamental continuity between the past, present, and future.