asseveration : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: asseveration	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
asseveration n a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) Synonym(s): assertion, averment, asseveration
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Asseveration \Assev`era"tion\, n. [L. asseveratio.] The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration. Another abuse of the tongue I might add, -- vehement asseverations upon slight and trivial occasions. --Ray.