assert

  1. Noun.  (context, computer science) an assert statement; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.
  2. Verb.  To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
  3. Verb.  To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
  4. Verb.  To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.
  5. Verb.  (context, computer science) to make true; to make equal to 1.

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