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assertive

assertive , as an assertion of fact, positively. quidam non ~e verum opinanter aiunt beneficia ‥ ad hec ‥ prodesse Pull. Sent. 916c; ipsum ‥ non diu postea fore superstitem ~e proponebat Gir. Invect. VI 23 p. 225; s1252 Lincolniensis episcopus ~e protestabatur quod papa ita ecclesiam ‥ nequaquam subderet servituti M. Par. Min. III 125; a1279 voluntatem vestram ‥ finaliter ~e et precise singnificetis Ann. Durh. 89; 1279 non debet jurare de credulitate set ~e CourtR Hales 111; non omnia dicta a philosophis ~e erant eis probata per racionem necessariam naturalem Duns PW 148; vel potuit Christus hoc ~e dixisse vel non Bradw. CD 786D; supposicio simplex est illa qua terminus solum ~e supponit pro re universali ad extra Wycl. Log. I 40; scriptura sacra nihil ~e ponit nisi verum (Kyn.) Ziz. 7.

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