English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪvə/

Noun

aver ‎(plural avers)

1. (obsolete) Possessions, property, belongings, wealth.

Etymology 2

From French avérer, from Late Latin *advērāre, from ad + vērus ‎(“true”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈvɜː/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Verb

aver ‎(third-person singular simple present avers, present participle averring, simple past and past participle averred)

1. To assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner.
   • 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 2

     Chiron, the four-legg'd bard, had both \ A beard and tail of his own growth; \ And yet by authors 'tis averr'd, \ He made use only of his beard.

   • 1819 CE: Percy Shelley, Peter Bell the Third:

     The Devil, I safely can aver, / Has neither hoof, nor tail, nor sting.

   • 1939 The Wizard of Oz (MGM/Warner Home Video)

     As Coroner, I must aver, I thoroughly examined her.

   • 1997 Frederic W. and Roberta B. Case, Trilliums, ISBN 0-88192-374-5:

     Small (1933) avers T. simile to be deliciously fragrant, a quality we have not noticed in our plants.

2. (law) To prove or justify a plea.
3. (obsolete) To avouch, prove, or verify; to offer to verify.

Related terms

• averment
• unaverred

Translations

Etymology 3

Related to Late Latin averia ‎(“cattle”).

Noun

aver ‎(plural avers)

1. (dialectal) A work-horse, working ox, or other beast of burden.

Anagrams

• AVRE, evar, rave, vera, Vera

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō.

Verb

aver

1. have

Conjugation

Italian

Verb

aver

1. apocopic form of avere

Anagrams

• vera

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish aver, from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō ‎(“hold, have”).

Verb

aver ‎(Latin spelling)

1. to have

Norman

Alternative forms

• aveir (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French aveir, from Latin habeō ‎(“have, hold, possess”).

Verb

aver

1. (Jersey, alternative form in Guernsey) to have

Derived terms

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Provençal aver, haver, from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō ‎(“I have, hold, keep”).

Verb

aver

1. to have; to possess
2. (auxiliary) to have

Synonyms

• (to possess): possedir

Conjugation

Old French

Verb

aver

1. Alternative form of avoir

Noun

aver m ‎(oblique plural avers, nominative singular avers, nominative plural aver)

1. Alternative form of avoir
   • circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 216 (of the Champion Classiques edition, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), line 2832:

     de ses avers li volt mustrer.

     he wants to show his possessions to her.

Old Provençal

Alternative forms

• haver

Etymology

From Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō ‎(“I have, hold, keep”).

Verb

aver

1. to have; to possess
   • circa 1185, Guerau de Cabrera, Ensenhamen:

     Jes gran saber
     no potz aver,
     si fors non eis de ta reion.

Descendants

• Catalan: haver
• Occitan: aver

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō ‎(“I have, hold, keep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈβ̞e̞ɾ/

Verb

aver

1. to have

   Pedro ha dos fijas.‎

   Pedro has two daughters.

Descendants

• Ladino: aver
• Spanish: haber

Portuguese

Verb

aver

1. Obsolete spelling of haver

Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Venetian

Alternative forms

• gaver

Etymology

From Latin habēre ‎(“to have”) present active infinitive of habeō. Compare Italian avere.

Verb

aver

1. (transitive) to have
2. (transitive) to possess

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.