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averment

[ uh-vur-muhnt ]

/ əˈvɜr mənt /

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noun

the act of averring.

a positive statement.

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Origin of averment

1400–50; late Middle English averrement<Middle French. See aver, -ment

Words nearby averment

average revenue, average speed, averaging light meter, Ave Regina Coelorum, Averil, averment, Averno, Avernus, Averroës, Averroism, averse

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Example sentences from the Web for averment

And the oath prescribed for them on returning was explicitly an averment of truth.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
Neither in itself nor in its preamble was there an averment, or even an assumption of its necessity, as a rule of guidance.
The Felon's Track|Michael Doheny
The Ministerial averment answered no purpose, save to excite a general burst of disapprobation.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 68, No. 417, July, 1850|Various
The resolutions in question were published in the city papers and can be referred to in substantiation of this averment.
The Pullman Boycott|W. F. Burns

A man's asking a passport for Baden would be a tacit averment, 'I am going to gamble.'
Arthur O'Leary|Charles James Lever

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