Thesaurus: aver

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1. n. A work horse, or working ox.
2. v. t. To assert, or prove, the truth of.
3. v. t. To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See Averment.
4. v. t. To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.
5. v. report or maintain
6. v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
7. A work horse, or working ox. [Obs. or Dial. Eng.] 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.
8. A work horse, or working ox. [Obs. or Dial. Eng.]
9. v:100 v report or maintain v to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true