aver
verb (used with object)
to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
have averred
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present perfectof aver.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Massaro said Trump's stake at the course "ultimately rests in a trust in the US, and as they have averred, the president is the beneficiary".
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The elder Mr. Fortescue, in brief, is said to have averred that he had heard nothing of the dream or prediction till 'some days after;' he, therefore, was inclined to disbelieve in it.
From The Valet's tragedy, and other studies by Andrew Lang
Others have averred that serpents wax young again by eating of the herb; "Wherefore the use of it is very meet for aged folk."
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
Some critics have averred that to declare a drama3 as being not for the stage is to make an announcement whose subject and predicate cancel each other.
From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy
She is said to have averred that she could not say this.
From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Wallace Notestein
