单词 | asserting |
释义 | assertingn. The action of laying claim to, maintaining, or declaring; assertion. (Now mostly gerundial.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > maintaining or upholding as true > [noun] maintaininga1387 maintenancec1450 upholding1587 asserting1644 vindication1871 society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > claiming as due or right pretence1425 pretension1585 vindicating1624 asserting1644 pretensiveness1710 1644 J. Milton in tr. M. Bucer Ivdgem. conc. Divorce To Parl. sig. B3v The asserting of our just liberties. 1673 True Notion Worship of God 52 Our standing up..when the Creed is read, is an asserting of it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online January 2018). assertingadj. That asserts; affirming, declaring, maintaining. Cf. self-asserting adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [adjective] affirmativec1449 affirmant1574 asseveringa1734 ponent1770 asseverating1838 asserting1848 affirm1960 1848 R. W. Hamilton Disq. Sabbath iii. 68 The Lord Jesus was himself the asserting Lawgiver. 1878 T. Sinclair Mount 93 New protestant, and more than protestant, asserting thinkers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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