[responsivevoice] aver [/responsivevoice] [ uh-vur ]
The word of the day is ‘aver.’
The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence.
Yes, the past form of the word is averred.
It means:
1. Maintain
2. State or assert to be the case
3. Declare
4. Claim
1. Hindi – Hone
2. Spanish – Tener
3. French – Ayant
4. Mandarin – Yǒu
1. I aver that the term is not at all applicable to the religious denominations in this country.
2. How could she aver that she did not mean to marry Mr Ratcliffe?
3. There will be they who aver that truth is great and should be allowed to prevail.
4. It would hardly be correct to aver that I had got it even partly.
5. Unless she was prepared to aver that there had been no breakdown, what was there to build on here?
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
affirm, assert, avouch, claim, contend, declare, emphasize, insist, justify, predicate, proclaim, prove, state, swear, verify, maintain, attest, avow, vow, profess, protest, asseverate etc.
deny, disclaim, discredit, disprove, forget, question
Quotation:
I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous – if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men.
Robert Green Ingersoll
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