Assert and Request

verb

• State categorically.
  • synonyms: asseverate, maintain
• To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.
  • usage: "Before God I swear I am innocent"
  • synonyms: affirm, verify, avow, aver, swan, swear
• Insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized.
  • usage: "Women should assert themselves more"
  • synonyms: put forward
• Assert to be true.
  • usage: "The letter asserts a free society"
  • synonyms: insist

• (v.t.) To maintain; to defend.
• (v.t.) To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.
• (v.t.) To affirm; to declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.

noun

• A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority.
  • synonyms: petition, postulation
• The verbal act of requesting.
  • synonyms: asking

verb

• Express the need or desire for; ask for.
  • usage: "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"
  • synonyms: bespeak, call for, quest
• Ask (a person) to do something.
  • usage: "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript"
• Inquire for (information. )
  • usage: "I requested information from the secretary"

• (n.) A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to be sought after or asked for; demand.
• (v.t.) To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence or a favor.
• (v.t.) To address with a request; to ask.
• (n.) That which is asked for or requested.
• (n.) The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.