The Wordsmith Dictionary
Exact matches only
Allow stemming
Match all embedded
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ASSERTORY
a.
Affirming;
maintaining.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ASSERTORY
As
*sert "o *
ry,
a.
Etym:
[L. assertorius,
fr.
asserere.]
Defn:
Affirming;
maintaining.
Arguments...
assertory,
not
probatory.
Jer.
Taylor.
An
assertory,
not
a
promissory,
declaration.
Bentham.
A
proposition
is
assertory,
when
it
enounces
what
is
known
as
actual.
Sir
W.
Hamilton.