State confidently (6)
'state confidently' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for assert that I've seen before include "protest" , "Establish control or state as true" , "State firmly and with conviction" , "State firmly or vigorously" , "Forcefully state" .)
'state confidently' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for aver that I've seen before include "State firmly, propound" , "protest" , "'Affirm, assert (4)'" , "State firmly - even rave about" , "Say firmly, declare" .)