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assert
Noun
  • ∙ an assert statement; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true. computer science
Verb
  • ∙ To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
  • ∙ To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
  • ∙ 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.
  • ∙ To make true; to make equal to 1. computer science