单词 | well-asserted |
释义 | well-assertedadj. Claimed or put forward clearly, forcefully, or with justification. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > claiming > claimed > shown to have merit well-asserted1669 1669 G. Burnet Modest Conf. between Conformist & Non-conformist iii. 36 This is well asserted. 1730 J. Thomson Poems 59 Whence is it that the proud Iberian thus, in their own well-asserted element, Dares rouze to wrath the Masters of the Main? 1749 A. Hill Gideon (rev. ed.) i. 107 I, to aid your Envoy's purpos'd Pray'r, Will, with a warm and well-asserted Care, Curb his malignant Hate. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. xc. 56 Not all the marvels of Barossa's fight,..Have won for Spain her well asserted right. 1906 School Rev. 14 629 The pictorial embellishment of the wall shall present a few simple and well-asserted claims on our attention, rather than many and divergent ones. 2011 Sarasota (Florida) Herald Tribune (Nexis) 9 June e37 That's a bold assertion, for sure, but in the case of this concert, that confidence is well-asserted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1669 |
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