aver

[ uh-vur ]

/ əˈvɜr /

verb (used with object), a·verred, a·ver·ring.

to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.

Law. to allege as a fact.

Words nearby aver

aventail, aventine, aventurine, avenue, avenzoar, aver, average, average adjuster, average deviation, average joe, average revenue

Origin of aver

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French averer < Medieval Latin advērāre, equivalent to ad- ad- + -vēr- (< Latin vērus true) + -ā- thematic vowel + -re infinitive suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM aver

mis·a·ver, verb (used with object), mis·a·verred, mis·a·ver·ring.pre·a·ver, verb (used with object), pre·a·verred, pre·a·ver·ring.un·a·verred, adjective

synonym study for aver

See maintain.

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Examples from the Web for avers

Although di Giovanni had longed to be a mother, she was “not a very natural” one, she avers.
Of Love and War|Penelope Rowlands|October 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Peresilis, who wrote in the tenth century, avers that he grew up out of the ground where a priest had spilled holy water.
The Devil's Dictionary|Ambrose Bierce
There are more books on the language (artes), he avers, than on any dead or living language!
A Visit to the Philippine Islands|John Bowring
Aristobulus avers that the Oxus was the largest river, except those in India, which he had seen in Asia.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume II (of 3)|Strabo

Yet Dandy Jack avers that he has carried over a score, and that he considers sixteen a proper full-up load.
Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2)|William Delisle Hay
Alcmæon does not advance what is true, when he avers that goats breathe through their ears.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1|Gilbert White

British Dictionary definitions for avers

aver

/ (əˈvɜː) /

verb avers, averring or averred (tr)

to state positively; assert

law to allege as a fact or prove to be true

Derived forms of aver

averment, noun

Word Origin for aver

C14: from Old French averer, from Medieval Latin advērāre, from Latin vērus true

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aver

verb (used with object), a·verred, a·ver·ring.

Words related to aver

Words nearby aver

Origin of aver

OTHER WORDS FROM aver

synonym study for aver

Examples from the Web for avers

British Dictionary definitions for avers

verb avers, averring or averred (tr)

Derived forms of aver

Word Origin for aver