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unasserts

unasserts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unassert.

Meaning of unassert

Verb

unassert (third-person singular simple present unasserts, present participle unasserting, simple past and past participle unasserted)

  1. (transitive) To take back a previous assertion; to recant something.
    • 10 June, 1839, Thomas Carlyle, Sinking of the Vengeur
      I, having once been led to assert the fable, hold myself bound, on all fit occasions, to unassert it with equal emphasis.

Questions about unasserts

What is unasserts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unasserts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unassert.

Words near unasserts in the dictionary

  1. unasserting
  2. unassertion
  3. unassertive
  4. unassertively
  5. unassertiveness
  6. unasserts
  7. unasses
  8. unassessability
  9. unassessable
  10. unassessably
  11. unassessed

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