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Definition of Asserted
1. Adjective. Confidently declared to be so. "The asserted value of the painting"
Definition of Asserted
1. Adjective. stated, declared or alleged, especially with confidence but no proof ¹
2. Verb. (past of assert) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Asserted
1. assert [v] - See also: assert
Literary usage of Asserted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"I agreed to so much of the opinion of the court in that case as asserted that
there was nothing in the Constitution or laws of the United States ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... taught that priest« in the state of sin could not confer the sacraments;
and (5) they asserted that they alone were the true observers of the Gospel. ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"alone enjoyed and asserted the inestimable privilege of being tried only by their
peers ; and even in a capital accusation, a synod of their brethren were ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1870)
"... body for the craft, and these four lodges did so, and — as they asserted—revived
an ancient organisation which by lapse of time had fallen into disuse. ..."
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