| Pronunciation: | | u'sevu`reyt
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| Matching Terms: | | asseveration, asseverative, asseverator, asseveratory
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| | Definition: | | [v] state categorically |
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| | Synonyms: | | assert, maintain |
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| | See Also: | | allege, aver, insist, predicate, proclaim, say, take a firm stand |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \As*sev"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Asseverated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Asseverating}.] [L. asseveratus, p. p. of
asseverare to assert seriously or earnestly; ad + severus.
See {Severe}.]
To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.
Syn: To affirm; aver; protest; declare. See {Affirm}.
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| | Related Terms: | | acknowledge, affirm, allege, announce, annunciate, argue, assert, assever, attest, aver, avouch, avow, bear witness, certify, confess, contend, declare, depone, depose, disclose, enunciate, express, express the belief, give evidence, have, hold, insist, issue a manifesto, lay down, maintain, manifesto, nuncupate, predicate, proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest, put, put it, quote, recite, relate, say, set down, speak, speak out, speak up, stand for, stand on, state, submit, swear, testify, vouch, vow, warrant, witness |
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