asserter

English

Etymology

From assert +‎ -er.

Noun

asserter (plural asserters)

1. Alternative form of assertor.
   • 1839 Oliver Beale Peirce: "The grammar of the English Language.

     What is a Principal asserter?
     It is one which, of itself, conveys the idea of the existence, action, or influence of some person or thing denoted by the word on which it depends for sense; as I am; I love; William writes; George studies.
     What is an Auxiliary asserter?
     It is one which, of itself, does not convey the idea of existence, action, or influence of the subject of remark; but is joined to a principal to vary its meaning, and forms, with the principal, but one asserter; as, I shall love. William has written. George will study.

   • 2015 Sanford C. Goldberg: Assertion. Pub. OUP

     All of this, taken together, appears to capture a sense in which the asserter represents herself as being epistemically authoritative regarding the proposition asserted

Anagrams

• Resetars, rearsets, reassert, serrates, terrasse

French

Etymology

Back-formation from assertion, from Latin assertiāre, from asserō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sɛʁ.te/

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Verb

asserter

1. (transitive) to assert

Conjugation

Conjugation of asserter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	asserter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	assertant /a.sɛʁ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		asserté /a.sɛʁ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	asserte /a.sɛʁt/	assertes /a.sɛʁt/	asserte /a.sɛʁt/	assertons /a.sɛʁ.tɔ̃/	assertez /a.sɛʁ.te/	assertent /a.sɛʁt/
	imperfect	assertais /a.sɛʁ.tɛ/	assertais /a.sɛʁ.tɛ/	assertait /a.sɛʁ.tɛ/	assertions /a.sɛʁ.tjɔ̃/	assertiez /a.sɛʁ.tje/	assertaient /a.sɛʁ.tɛ/
	past historic2	assertai /a.sɛʁ.te/	assertas /a.sɛʁ.ta/	asserta /a.sɛʁ.ta/	assertâmes /a.sɛʁ.tam/	assertâtes /a.sɛʁ.tat/	assertèrent /a.sɛʁ.tɛʁ/
	future	asserterai /a.sɛʁ.tə.ʁe/	asserteras /a.sɛʁ.tə.ʁa/	assertera /a.sɛʁ.tə.ʁa/	asserterons /a.sɛʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/	asserterez /a.sɛʁ.tə.ʁe/	asserteront /a.sɛʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	asserterais /a.sɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	asserterais /a.sɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	asserterait /a.sɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	asserterions /a.sɛʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	asserteriez /a.sɛʁ.tə.ʁje/	asserteraient /a.sɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	asserte /a.sɛʁt/	assertes /a.sɛʁt/	asserte /a.sɛʁt/	assertions /a.sɛʁ.tjɔ̃/	assertiez /a.sɛʁ.tje/	assertent /a.sɛʁt/
	imperfect2	assertasse /a.sɛʁ.tas/	assertasses /a.sɛʁ.tas/	assertât /a.sɛʁ.ta/	assertassions /a.sɛʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/	assertassiez /a.sɛʁ.ta.sje/	assertassent /a.sɛʁ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	asserte /a.sɛʁt/	—	assertons /a.sɛʁ.tɔ̃/	assertez /a.sɛʁ.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• assertif
• assertion
• assertivement
• assertoire