unassert

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ assert.

Verb

unassert (third-person singular simple present unasserts, present participle unasserting, simple past and past participle unasserted)

  1. (transitive) To take back a previous assertion; to recant something.
    • '10 June, 1839, Thomas Carlyle, Sinking of the Vengeur
      I, having once been led to assert the fable, hold myself bound, on all fit occasions, to unassert it with equal emphasis.

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