Question

assert

Accepted Answer

to state (something) in a strong and definite way

“Poverty is the city's most serious problem,” the authors assert. = The authors assert that poverty is the city's most serious problem.
He asserted that there were spies in the government.

Front	assert
Back	to state (something) in a strong and definite way “Poverty is the city's most serious problem,” the authors assert. = The authors assert that poverty is the city's most serious problem. He asserted that there were spies in the government.

Assert City's Authors State Strong Definite Poverty Problem