Cite as proof or instance. Bring forward as evidence.

To report or maintain; SYN. aver, say.

1. To be about; have to do with; be relevant to; refer, pertain, or relate to; SYN. pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on.
2. To send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision:
3. To think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another