aververb [ T ]
uk/əˈvɜːr/us/əˈvɝː/-rr- formalto say that something is certainly true:
The lawyer averred her client's innocence.
[ + speech ] "He's guilty, I tell you," she averred.
[ + that ] She averred that he was guilty.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Assertions & asserting
- airing
- assert
- assertion
- attestation
- avowal
- claim
- foot
- lay
- lay sth on the line idiom
- maintain
- make out sth
- misstate
- pled
- reaffirm
- set
- story
- take
- take it from me idiom
- take sth from sb
- that's my story and I'm sticking to it idiom
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