a. rare. [f. med.L. assertāt- (see prec.) + -IVE.] = ASSERTIVE.

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1846.  J. D. Morell, Philos. 19th C., I. 218. As assertative of the great fundamentals of morality and natural religion.

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1883.  Chicago Advance, 18 Oct. Their treatment is necessarily assertative or dogmatic.

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