Assert a claim
41assert — verb 1) she asserts that hysteria is universal Syn: declare, maintain, contend, argue, claim, insist 2) you should assert your rights Syn: insist on, stand up for, uphold, defend, p …
42claim — v 1. demand, require, command, have rights to, deserve, be entitled to, lay claim to, pretend, Sl. have dibs on; expropriate, requisition, commandeer, exact. 2. assert, declare, proclaim, predicate, allege, aver, asseverate; maintain, hold,… …
43claim — kleɪm n. lawsuit; plea v. demand; sue; plea; assert …
44assert — v. a. 1. Affirm, declare, maintain, pronounce, express, say, aver, allege, asseverate, protest, avouch, avow, predicate, lay down. 2. Vindicate, defend, claim, maintain, uphold, put forward, insist upon, press, emphasize, make felt …
45assert — v 1. asseverate, aver, insist upon, proclaim, declare, predicate, allege; advance, propound, propose, offer, proffer, present, put forward, set forth, broach; emphasize, stress, pronounce, announce, enunciate, state, tell, say, utter. 2. assure,… …
46assert oneself — idi to claim one s rights or declare one s views firmly and forcefully …
47To assert one's self — Assert As*sert , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Asserted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Asserting}.] [L. assertus, p. p. of asserere to join or fasten to one s self, claim, maintain; ad + serere to join or bind together. See {Series}.] 1. To affirm; to declare with… …
48lay claim to — claim entitlement to, assert the right to …
49lay claim to — assert one s right to or possession of. → lay …
50stake a claim — assert one s right to something. → stake …
