reassert, defend, arrogate, argue, exert, claim, prove, usurp, proclaim, establish, affirm, reestablish, posit, insinuate, declare, deny, ascribe, reclaim, legitimatize, acknowledge, regain, refute, portray, contend, define, entrench, emphasize, recognize, vindicate, infer, demonstrate, concede, analogize, constitutionalize, criticize, deprive, exculpate, disavow, insist, marginalize, distinguish, counterpose, characterize, assure, enforce, coopt, impugn, convince, legitimize, cede, impute, assume, controvert, govern, reaffirm, encroach upon, maintain, mythologise, interpose, seize, depose, confer, dismiss, validate, opine, challenged, conclude, postulate, circumscribing, explain, underline, aggrandize, restrain, invoke, suggest, retain, repudiate, reprove, adduce, believe, undermine, suppress, tyrannize, downplay, debunk, interpret, impose, interject, deride, negate, propound, subjugate, absolve, presume, relinquish, rebut, buttress, abrogate, traduce, disclaim, imply, disentitle, applet, attendees, borrower, defaulters, deliverables, dropouts, employer, ex, hypnotist, matches, purchasers, render, screenings, setup, std, subroutine, tenant, true, 1st, able

allege, aver, hold, predicate, protest, say, tell

., arrogate, claim, contend, defend, hold, insist, lay claim, maintain, perambulation, postulate, pretend

acquit, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport, take a firm stand

asseverate, avow, put forward, swan, swear