Declared (7)
'declared' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for asserted that I've seen before include "Put" , "Confidently declared to be so" , "Stated firmly, declared." , "Made firm statement about a dessert" .)
(Another definition for enounced that I've seen is " spoke with great precision".)
'declared' is the definition.
(I know that declared can be written as stated)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for stated that I've seen before include "Expressed in speech or writing" , "Declared or asserted" , "Specified" , "Put in words, said" , "Close-fitting; drunk" .)
'declared' is the definition.
(averring is a kind of declaring)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for averred that I've seen before include "Maintained" , "Stated to be the case" , "Held" , "confidently stated" , "Alleged, asserted" .)
'declared' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for said that I've seen before include "Spoke" , "Expressed orally" , "Port ____, important site in the Suez crisis" , "Mentioned" , "Stated" .)