Meaning

1 senses

  1. 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.

Origin

From un- + assert.

From un- + assert.

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Forms

unasserts, unasserting, unasserted, unasserted
Base formunassert · to unassert
3rd person singularunasserts
Present participleunasserting
Past simpleunasserted
Past participleunasserted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunassert
he, she, itunasserts

Past simpleLesson

all personsunasserted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave unasserted
he, she, ithas unasserted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill unassert

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
unapproachableunarmunassailableunassumingunattainableunattended
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