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unassert

verb

Etymology

From un- + assert.

  1. derived from assertus
  2. prefixed as unassert — “un + assert”

Definitions

  1. To take back a previous assertion

    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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA