assertory

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/əˈsɜː(ɹ)təɹi/

adjective

assertoric

OriginLatin assertōrius →
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Meanings

adjectiveassertory (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableassertoric

    an assertory, not a promissory, declaration

    1823, Jeremy Bentham, Not Paul, But Jesus
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    But these oaths were with men, we must promise by simple testimony, not only assertory

    1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC

    A proposition is called Assertory, when it enounces what is known as actual;

    c. 1858, William Hamilton, Lectures on Logic

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Origin

  1. Latinassertōrius
  2. Englishassertory

From Latin assertōrius, from asserō (“assert”).

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APA

assertory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assertory

MLA

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Chicago

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