aver
verb (used with object)
to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
had averred
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past perfectof aver.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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They were the work of a man, one critic had averred, "who knows his trade."
From Time Magazine Archive
The boys, even as their captain had averred at the first meeting, were “full of mischief.”
From The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike by Janet Aldridge
I found Lord Cochrane," he had averred, "confined there in a strong room, fourteen feet square, without windows, fireplace, table, or bed.
From The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, Etc., Etc. Vol. I by H. R. Fox (Henry Richard Fox) Bourne
Mr. Anstruther had deprecated the idea of Mrs. Danvers sitting up, but she had averred that she had no desire either to go to bed or to sleep.
From The Rebellion of Margaret by Arthur Twidle
Mammy had averred, upon her cross-examination, that "not a living soul had ever seen the wallet" since it fell from the dying man's pocket—an affirmation Mabel could not decide whether to believe or discredit.
From At Last by Marion Harland
