Definitions from Wiktionary (assert)

▸ verb:  To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
▸ verb:  To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
▸ verb:  To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
▸ verb:  (reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.
▸ verb:  (programming) To declare that a condition or expression must be true at a certain point in the source code (in some cases causing the program to fail if it is not, as a safeguard).
▸ verb:  (electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.
▸ noun:  (programming) Synonym of assertion
▸ Also see assert

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