Unassert

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To take back a previous assertion; to recant something. transitive

    "10 June, 1839, Thomas Carlyle, Sinking of the Vengeur I, having once been led to assert the fable, hold myself bound, on all fit occasions, to unassert' it with equal emphasis."

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"10 June, 1839, Thomas Carlyle, Sinking of the Vengeur I, having once been led to assert the fable, hold myself bound, on all fit occasions, to unassert' it with equal emphasis."

Etymology

From un- + assert.

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