asseveratev.
/əˈsɛvəreɪt/, U.S. /əˈsɛvəˌreɪt/ To affirm solemnly, assert emphatically, declare positively, avouch, aver:
a. with subordinate clause.
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the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (intransitive)]
protesta1486
assertionate1593
aver1599
contest1607
asseverate1807
gage1811
predicate1828
pose1840
to take one's dick1861
to stick up1876
1807 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 1st Ser. (ed. 5) I. 152 They asseverated, they saw no child.
1860 B. Powell Ess. & Rev. (ed. 2) 141 If the most numerous ship's company were all to asseverate that they had seen a mermaid.
b. with simple object.
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the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (transitive)]
vowc1330
anferme1340
affirma1382
willa1382
threapc1386
avow1393
to make oneself strongc1425
maintain?c1430
protest1440
traverse1491
assure1509
ferma1525
verc1540
profess1542
enforce1579
justify1579
aver1582
to take on1583
asserta1604
will1614
assevera1618
positive1656
autume1661
declare1709
obtesta1722
predicate1782
asseveratea1847
a1847 R. W. Hamilton Rewards & Punishm. (1853) viii. 406 If the doctrine of the preceding argument be true, let it be asseverated.
1876 E. Mellor Priesthood iv. 179 To asseverate his previous statement with increased emphasis.
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