Assert; provide for (8)
I believe the answer is:
maintain
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">assert</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that assert can be written as maintain)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">provide for</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for maintain that I've seen before include "Assert" , "Keep up - carry on" , "declare" , "Continue with an opinion" , "Keep in good order" .)