| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To defend, maintain, or insist on the recognition of (one's rights, for example): claim, vindicate. See ATTACK. 2. To put into words positively and with conviction: affirm, allege, argue, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, hold, maintain, say, state. Idioms: have it. See AFFIRM.
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