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Webster 1913 Edition


Aver

A′ver

(ā′vẽr)
,
Noun.
[OF.
aver
domestic animal, whence LL.
averia
, pl. cattle. See
Habit
, and cf.
Average
.]
A work horse, or working ox.
[Obs. or Dial. Eng.]

A-ver′

(ȧ-vẽr′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Averred
(ȧ*vẽrd");
p. pr. & vb. n.
Averring
.]
[F.
avérer
, LL.
adverare
,
averare
; L.
ad
+
versus
true. See
Verity
.]
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Aver

AVER'

, v.t [See Verify.]
To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive or peremptory manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.

Definition 2024


avêr

avêr

See also: aver, avër, and a ver

Franco-Provençal

Verb

avêr

  1. to have

Conjugation