aver
\uh-VUR\
verb
1. to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
2. Law. to allege as a fact.
Quotes
She had stolen nothing;--so she averred to herself.
-- Anthony Trollope, The Eustace Diamonds, 1873
Origin
Aver shares a root with the words very and veracity in the Latin term vērus meaning "true." It entered English in the mid-1300s.
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