asseveration
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Etymology
Origin of asseveration
First recorded in 1550–60, asseveration is from the Latin word assevērātiōn- (stem of assevērātiō ). See asseverate, -ion
Example Sentences
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I venture to add, with all possible energy of asseveration, that I did that thing, Nim.
From Quodlibet by John Pendleton Kennedy
Which way his own tastes leaned we may judge from his favorite asseveration, "By my Zuccone."
From Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century A Collection of Sixteen Pictures Reproducing Works by Donatello, the Della Robia, Mino da Fiesole, and Others, with Introduction by Estelle M. (Estelle May) Hurll
No; not from this moment," said Mr. Merridew, characteristically seeking to justify his former asseveration, "when not for a single moment have I ceased to bless him for preserving my darling's life.
From Denis Dent A Novel by Ernest W. Hornung
"There can't nobody live in peace in them two blocks, Judge, your Honour," came the heated asseveration of the man in the witness chair.
From The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck
To swear by her name was to give to the asseveration the sanctity of inviolable truth.
From Women of England by Bartlett Burleigh James
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