counterassert

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Italic *-teros
Proto-Italic *komterosder.
Proto-Italic *komterād
Latin contrāder.
Old French contre-
Anglo-Norman countre-bor.
Middle English counter-
English counter-
English assert
English counterassert

    From counter- + assert.

    Verb

    counterassert (third-person singular simple present counterasserts, present participle counterasserting, simple past and past participle counterasserted)

    1. To assert in opposition to a previous assertion
      • 1974, Colin Fletcher, The New Complete Walker‎[1], →ISBN, page 36:
        Roughouts, some pundits assert, are therefore superior. Other pundits counterassert, fiercely.
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