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Webster 1913 Edition
Assertory
As-sert′o-ry
,Adj.
[L.
assertorius
, fr. asserere
.] Affirming; maintaining.
Arguments . . .
assertory
, not probatory. Jer. Taylor.
An
assertory
, not a promissory, declaration. Bentham.
A proposition is
assertory
, when it enounces what is known as actual. Sir W. Hamilton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Assertory
ASSERT'ORY
,Adj.
Definition 2024
assertory
assertory
English
Adjective
assertory (comparative more assertory, superlative most assertory)
- Affirming; maintaining.
- Arguments […] assertory, not probatory. — Jeremy Taylor.
- An assertory, not a promissory, declaration — Bentham.
- A proposition is assertory, when it enounces what is known as actual. — Sir W. Hamilton.