assertory

English

Etymology

From Latin assertōrius, from asserō (“assert”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈsɜː(ɹ)təɹi/

Adjective

assertory (comparative more assertory, superlative most assertory)

1. (archaic) assertoric
   • 1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC:

     But these oaths were with men, we must promise by simple testimony, not only assertory

   • 1823, Jeremy Bentham, Not Paul, But Jesus:

     an assertory, not a promissory, declaration

   • c. 1858, William Hamilton, Lectures on Logic:

     A proposition is called Assertory, when it enounces what is known as actual;

Derived terms

• assertorily

 

References

• “assertory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.