ASSERTIVE
As*sert"ive, a.
Defn: Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.
In a confident and assertive form. Glanvill.
As*sert"ive*ly, adv.
— As*sert"ive*ness, n.
ASSERTOR
As*sert"or, n. Etym: [L., fr. asserere.]
Defn: One who asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates a
claim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender;
an asserter.
The assertors of liberty said not a word. Macaulay.
Faithful assertor of thy country's cause. Prior.
ASSERTORIAL
As`ser*to"ri*al, a.
Defn: Asserting that a thing is; — opposed to problematical and apodeictical.
ASSERTORY
As*sert"o*ry, a. Etym: [L. assertorius, fr. asserere.]
Defn: 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.
ASSESS As*sess", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Assessing.] Etym: [OF. assesser to regulate, settle, LL. assessare to value for taxation, fr. L. assidere, supine as if assessum, to sit by, esp. of judges in a court, in LL. to assess, tax. Cf. Assize, v., Cess.]
1. To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.