assertory

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English

Etymology

From Latin assertōrius, from asserō (assert).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈsɜː(ɹ)təɹi/

Adjective

assertory (comparative more assertory, superlative most assertory)

  1. (archaic) assertoric
    • 1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: , London: E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R Royston, , →OCLC:
      But these oaths were with men, we must promise by simple testimony, not only assertory
    • 1823, Jeremy Bentham, Not Paul, But Jesus:
      an assertory, not a promissory, declaration
    • c. 1858, William Hamilton, Lectures on Logic:
      A proposition is called Assertory, when it enounces what is known as actual;

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