assertory
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin assertōrius, from asserō (“assert”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
assertory (comparative more assertory, superlative most assertory)
- (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[ichard] 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;
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “assertory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.