Meaning of AVER
| Pronunciation: | | u'ver
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- [v] to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
- [v] report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"
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| | Synonyms: | | affirm, allege, assert, avow, say, swan, swear, verify |
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| | See Also: | | asseverate, assure, attest, claim, declare, hold, maintain, plead, protest, take, tell | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\A"ver\ ([=a]"v[~e]r), n. [OF. aver domestic animal, whence
LL. averia, pl. cattle. See {Habit}, and cf. {Average}.]
A work horse, or working ox. [Obs. or Dial. Eng.]
\A*ver"\ ([.a]*v[~e]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Averred}
([.a]*v[~e]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Averring}.] [F. av['e]rer,
LL. adverare, averare; L. ad + versus true. See {Verity}.]
1. To assert, or prove, the truth of. [Obs.]
2. (Law) To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or
justify. See {Averment}.
3. To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive
manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.
It is sufficient that the very fact hath its
foundation in truth, as I do seriously aver is the
case. --Fielding.
Then all averred I had killed the bird. --Coleridge.
Syn: To assert; affirm; asseverate. See {Affirm}.
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| | Related Terms: | | acknowledge, affirm, allege, announce, annunciate, argue, assert, assever, asseverate, attest, avouch, avow, bear witness, certify, contend, declare, defend, depone, depose, disclose, enunciate, express, give evidence, have, hold, insist, issue a manifesto, justify, lay down, maintain, manifesto, nuncupate, predicate, proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest, put, put it, quote, recite, relate, say, set down, speak, speak out, speak up, stand for, stand on, state, submit, swear, testify, vouch, warrant, witness |
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