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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 2025

avër

avër

Albanian

Noun

avër f (indefinite plural avra, definite singular avra, definite plural avrat)

  1. ice-floe
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References

  1. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “avër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 12

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *aṷer, *aṷed 'to make wet'[1].

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