Aver : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Aver	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aver v report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money" Synonym(s): allege, aver, say to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" Synonym(s): affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aver \A"ver\ ([amac]"v[etil]r), n. [OF. aver domestic animal, whence LL. averia, pl. cattle. See {Habit}, and cf. {Average}.] A work horse, or working ox. [Obs. or Dial. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aver \Aver"\ ([adot]v[etil]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Averred} ([adot]v[etil]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Averring}.] [F. av[82]rer, LL. adverare, averare; L. ad + versus true. See {Verity}.] 1. To assert, or prove, the truth of. [Obs.] 2. (Law) To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See {Averment}. 3. To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth. It is sufficient that the very fact hath its foundation in truth, as I do seriously aver* is the case. --Fielding. Then all averred I had killed the bird. --Coleridge. Syn: To assert; affirm; asseverate. See {Affirm}.