RE: opposite of 'assert' -- 'de-assert' OR 'deassert'?

["Bob Colwell" <bob -dot- colwell -at- comcast -dot- net>]

Unless the context is in digital system design, where one speaks of
asserting a signal, and then later deasserting it. This particular
idiom is ubiquitous in the computer design field. -BobC

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Kim-Eng
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 9:03 AM
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Subject: Re: opposite of 'assert' -- 'de-assert' OR 'deassert'?



The opposite of "assert" would be "deny."

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <liss_clark -at- yahoo -dot- com>


> 
> Hi all,
> Here comes the stupid question...  ;) 
> 
> What is the opposite of 'assert'?  Is it 'de-assert' or 'deassert' (no
> hyphen on that one)?  I checked several sources online as well as my fat
> dictionary and can't find out.



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