averment
AmericanEtymology
Origin of averment
1400–50; late Middle English averrement < Middle French. See aver, -ment
Example Sentences
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Unless and until Utah impeaches his credibility, that averment is accepted by us descendants of the man.
From Time Magazine Archive
The resolutions in question were published in the city papers and can be referred to in substantiation of this averment.
From The Pullman Boycott A Complete History of the R.R. Strike by Burns, W. F.
Suffused with seeming humor and the pathos of half hidden tragedy this averment brings us face to face with a life reluctantly asserting its individuality.
From Lincoln, the Politician by Levy, T. Aaron
The untrue averment that the committee of council have refused to contribute to the support of schools not adopting the management clauses is in proper keeping with these equivocations.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
If Moray the righteous could act thus, much more might the murderer Morton perjure himself in his averment that there had been no tampering with the Casket Letters in his custody.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
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