assertory en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /əˈsɜː(ɹ)təɹi/
Etymology
From Latin assertōrius, from asserō (“assert”).
Meanings
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(archaic, not-comparable) assertoric
But these oaths were with men, we must promise by simple testimony, not only assertory
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:A proposition is called Assertory, when it enounces what is known as actual;
c. 1858, William Hamilton, Lectures on Logic:an assertory, not a promissory, declaration
1823, Jeremy Bentham, Not Paul, But Jesus: