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counterassert en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English assert English counterassert From counter- + assert.

Meanings

  1. To assert in opposition to a previous assertion
    • Roughouts, some pundits assert, are therefore superior. Other pundits counterassert, fiercely. 1974, Colin Fletcher, The New Complete Walker, →ISBN, page 36:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
counterasserts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
counterasserting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
counterasserted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
counterasserted Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

counterassertion