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a lie or an assertionNail Nail, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nailed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Nailing.] [AS. n[ae]glian. See Nail, n.]
1. To fasten with a nail or nails; to close up or secure by
means of nails; as, to nail boards to the beams.
He is now dead, and nailed in his chest. --Chaucer.
2. To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.
The rivets of your arms were nailed with gold.
--Dryden.
3. To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a
bargain or to acquiescence in an argument or assertion;
hence, to catch; to trap.
When they came to talk of places in town, you saw at
once how I nailed them. --Goldsmith.
4. To spike, as a cannon. [Obs.] --Crabb.
To nail a lie or an assertion, etc., to detect and expose
it, so as to put a stop to its currency; -- an expression
probably derived from the former practice of shopkeepers,
who were accustomed to nail bad or counterfeit pieces of
money to the counter. Asserter
Asserter As*sert"er, n.
One who asserts; one who avers pr maintains; an assertor.
The inflexible asserter of the rights of the church.
--Milman.
AssertiveAssertive As*sert"ive, a.
Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.
In a confident and assertive form. --Glanvill.
As*sert"ive*ly, adv. -- As*sert"ive*ness, n. AssertivelyAssertive As*sert"ive, a.
Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.
In a confident and assertive form. --Glanvill.
As*sert"ive*ly, adv. -- As*sert"ive*ness, n. AssertivenessAssertive As*sert"ive, a.
Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.
In a confident and assertive form. --Glanvill.
As*sert"ive*ly, adv. -- As*sert"ive*ness, n. Assertory
Assertory As*sert"o*ry, a. [L. assertorius, fr. asserere.]
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.
Reassert
Reassert Re`as*sert", v. t.
To assert again or anew; to maintain after an omission to do
so.
Let us hope . . . we may have a body of authors who
will reassert our claim to respectability in
literature. --Walsh.
Reassertion
Reassertion Re`as*ser"tion, n.
A second or renewed assertion of the same thing.
Self-assertive
Self-assertive Self`-as*sert"ive, a.
Disposed to self-assertion; self-asserting.
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