revendiquer
Meanings
Verb
1. to demand (law)
2. to claim, to lay claim to (ownership), to stake a claim to
3. to take on, assume (responsibility)
Examples7
J'en revendique l'entière responsabilité.
I take on full responsibility for it.
revendiquer la paternité d'un ouvrage
to lay claim to authorship of a work
La Chine revendique Taïwan.
China claims Taiwan.
Il revendiqua la terre.
He laid claim to the land.
Elle a récemment revendiqué son homosexualité.
She recently came out as a lesbian.
La possession est plus proche de celui qui détient que de celui qui revendique.
Possession is nearer to him who has than to him who claims.