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AVER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: averred    , averring   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

Example:

Before God I swear I am innocent

Synonyms:

affirm; assert; aver; avow; swan; swear; verify

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "aver" is one way to...):

declare (state emphatically and authoritatively)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "aver"):

hold (assert or affirm)

claim; take (lay claim to; as of an idea)

attest (authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity)

declare (state firmly)

protest (affirm or avow formally or solemnly)

assure; tell (inform positively and with certainty and confidence)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence example:

They aver that there was a traffic accident

Derivation:

averment (a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Report or maintain

Example:

The registrar says that I owe the school money

Synonyms:

allege; aver; say

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "aver" is one way to...):

assert; asseverate; maintain (state categorically)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "aver"):

plead (make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence example:

They aver that there was a traffic accident

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