aver
verb (used with object)
to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
avers
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present tense formof aver (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“I seen him ride,” one local avers, “and he ain’t no tenderfoot.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
Stephen Carter, author and Yale law professor, avers that “Democracy demands dialogue and dialogue flows from disagreement.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
At every turn, there’s a caress waiting, even if it’s a gambit for affection: “I got a lot on my mind, and I gotta share the pain,” Saint Levant avers.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
Indeed, the great ecologist E. O. Wilson avers that to be effective in some scientific fields, it's actually best not to be too bright.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2022
The Federal report avers that but a few shells were fired "over the town."
From Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck by Harrison Williams
