Aver
[ə'vɜː]
Definition
(n.) A work horse, or working ox.
(v. t.) To assert, or prove, the truth of.
(v. t.) To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See Averment.
(v. t.) To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Assert, affirm, declare, asseverate, protest, avouch, allege, say, pronounce, predicate.
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Definition
v.t. to declare to be true: to affirm or declare positively: (law) to prove or justify a plea:—pr.p. aver′ring; pa.p. averred.—n. Aver′ment positive assertion: (law) a formal offer to prove a plea: the proof offered.
Editor: Ronda
Examples
- Pareamo aver qui tutto il ben raccolto Che fra mortali in piu parte si rimembra. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I believe, sir, if she were dying, she would smile, and aver, 'Nothing ails me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Wouldn't have offended either gentleman for the world, she averred. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- No one ventured on board the vessel, and strange sights were averred to be seen at night, walking the deck, and hanging on the masts and shrouds. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Something or somebody has been here, was sagely averred. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The public was skeptical, however, and some averred that he was a lightning calculator who did sums in his head and printed them on the machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She averred they were a mystery to herself, and that what she knew was chiefly from conjecture. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He said I was a capricious witch, and that he would rather sing another time; but I averred that no time was like the present. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- A Pisan antiquarian gave me an ancient tear-jug which he averred was full four thousand years old. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Which 'Tom' denied; averring that he should always be equally proud of it, under all circumstances. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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