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71make a statement — I verb affirm, allege, argue, assert positively, asseverate, attest, authenticate, aver, avouch, avow, bear, certify, claim, confirm, contend, converse, declare, explain, express, formulate, maintain, present, proclaim, profess, pronounce,… …
72make an assertion — index affirm (claim), allege, argue, avouch (avow), avow, bear (adduce) …
73profess — I (avow) verb acknowledge, admit, advocate, affirm, announce, assert, asseverate, assure, attest, aver, avouch, contend, declare, disclose, divulge, hold out, lay bare, lay open, maintain, make a statement, make an assertion, make clear, make… …
74pronounce — I (pass judgment) verb adjudge, adjudicate, announce authoritatively, conclude, decide, declare to be, decree, deliver judgment, determine, find, give a ruling, give an opinion, give judgment, judge, officially utter, pass sentence upon,… …
75vow — 1 n: a solemn promise or statement; esp: one by which a person is bound to an act, service, or condition marriage vow s vow 2 vt 1: to promise solemnly 2: to bind or commit by a vow vi: to make a vow …
76assert — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. avow, declare, say, claim, affirm, state. See affirmation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To state positively] Syn. state, say, declare, affirm, aver, avow, avouch, attest, profess, asseverate, warrant*;… …
77confess — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. acknowledge, avow, own, admit; disclose, tell, reveal, unbosom, unburden, divulge. See disclosure, penitence, rite. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To admit] Syn. acknowledge, own, concede; see admit 3 . 2.… …
78profess — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pretend, feign; teach, instruct; affirm, declare, avow; own, admit. See affirmation, falsehood. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. avow, confess, pretend; see declare 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. 1.… …
79state — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. condition, shape (inf.), kilter (inf.), category, estate, lot, makeup (inf.); case, mood, disposition, temper; pickle, contretemps, quandary, dilemma, plight; aspect, appearance; constitution,… …
80declare — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To speak formally or emphatically] Syn. assert, announce, pronounce, proclaim, publish, claim, tell, state, say, affirm, maintain, aver, avow, attest, testify, certify, repeat, insist, contend, advance, allege, argue,… …
