| declare(verb, support, state, hold, take) |
| affirm(verb, support, state, hold, charge) |
| maintain(verb, support, state, hold, charge) |
| assert(verb, support, state, hold, take) |
| claim(verb, state, hold, press, maintain) |
| aver(verb, state, hold, charge, press) |
| avow(verb, support, state, hold, give) |
| confess(verb, state, accept, maintain, agree) |
| proclaim(verb, state, accept, press, maintain) |
| state(verb, hold, charge, press, maintain) |
| allege(verb, state, hold, take, press) |
| pretend(verb, state, hold, take, maintain) |
| pronounce(verb, state, hold, take, press) |
| avouch(verb, state, charge, press, maintain) |
| certify(verb, support, state, maintain, agree) |
| confirm(verb, support, state, accept, maintain) |
| announce(verb, state, maintain, agree, allow) |
| acknowledge(verb, state, give, accept, maintain) |
| admit(verb, state, give, accept, agree) |
| protest(verb, state, hold, press, maintain) |