ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

emark, observation; position &c (proposition) 514, saying, dictum, sentence, ipse
dixit [Lat.].
emphasis; weight; dogmatism &c (certainty) 474; dogmatics &c 887.
V. assert; make an assertion &c n.; have one's say; say, affirm, predicate, declare, state;
protest, profess.
put forth, put forward; advance, allege, propose, propound, enunciate, broach, set
forth, hold out, maintain, contend, pronounce, pretend.
depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear; make oath, take one's oath;
make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit; take one's Bible oath, kiss the
book, vow, vitam impendere vero [Lat.]; swear till one is black in the face, swear till one
is blue in the face, swear till all's blue; be sworn, call Heaven to witness; vouch, warrant,
certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle.
swear by &c (believe) 484; insist upon, take one's stand upon; emphasize, lay stress
on; assert roundly, assert positively; lay down, lay down the law; raise one's voice,
dogmatize, have the last word; rap out; repeat; reassert, reaffirm.
announce &c (information) 527; acknowledge &c (assent) 488; attest &c (evidence)
467; adjure &c (put to one's oath) 768.
Adj. asserting &c v.; declaratory, predicatory † , pronunciative † , affirmative, soi-disant
[Fr.]; positive; certain &c 474; express, explicit &c (patent) 525; absolute, emphatic, flat,
broad, round, pointed, marked, distinct, decided, confident, trenchant, dogmatic,
definitive, formal, solemn, categorical, peremptory; unretracted † ; predicable.
Adv. affirmatively &c adj.; in the affirmative.
with emphasis, ex-cathedra, without fear of contradiction.
as God is my witness, I must say, indeed, i' faith, let me tell you, why, give me leave
to say, marry, you may be sure, I'd have you to know; upon my word, upon my honor; by
my troth, egad, I assure you; by jingo, by Jove, by George, &c; troth, seriously, sadly; in
sadness, in sober sadness, in truth, in earnest; of a truth, truly, perdy † , in all conscience,
upon oath; be assured &c (belief) 484; yes &c (assent) 488; I'll warrant, I'll warrant you,
I'll engage, I'll answer for it, I'll be bound, I'll venture to say, I'll take my oath; in fact,
forsooth, joking apart; so help me God; not to mince the matter.
Phr. quoth he; dixi [Lat.].
536. Negation -- N. negation, abnegation; denial; disavowal, disclaimer; abjuration;
contradiction, contravention; recusation [Law], protest; recusancy &c (dissent) 489; flat
contradiction, emphatic contradiction, emphatic denial, dementi [Lat.].
qualification &c 469; repudiation &c 610; retraction &c 607; confutation &c 479;
refusal &c 764; prohibition &c 761.
V. deny; contradict, contravene; controvert, give denial to, gainsay, negative, shake the
head.
disown, disaffirm, disclaim, disavow; recant &c 607; revoke &c (abrogate) 756.
dispute; impugn, traverse, rebut, join issue upon; bring in question, call in question &c
(doubt) 485; give the lie in his throat, give one the lie in his throat.
deny flatly, deny peremptorily, deny emphatically, deny absolutely, deny wholly, deny
entirely; give the lie to, belie.
repudiate &c 610; set aside, ignore &c 460; rebut &c (confute) 479; qualify &c 469;
refuse &c 764.