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Synonyms for asseverate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-sev-uh-reyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈsɛv əˌreɪt |
Définition of asseverate
Origin :- 1791, from Latin asseveratus, past participle of asseverare "to affirm, insist on, maintain," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + severus "serious, severe" (see severe). Related: Asseverated; asseverating.
- verb state categorically
- She did not asseverate any more, nor even say she was innocent.
- Extract from : « Sue, A Little Heroine » by L. T. Meade
- No one appeared to think it worth while to asseverate the fact, for it was self-evident.
- Extract from : « Black Ivory » by R.M. Ballantyne
- He could asseverate with some justice, "I have never written an insincere note."
- Extract from : « Musical Portraits » by Paul Rosenfeld
- They lacked a definite opinion to entertain and a cry to asseverate.
- Extract from : « In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays » by Augustine Birrell
- It has more solemnity than declare, and more composure and dignity than asseverate, which is to assert excitedly.
- Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
- "Wh-why, nobudy ever heard me talkin' things that's tol' in secret," Mike made haste to asseverate.
- Extract from : « The Lookout Man » by B. M. Bower
- As to whether she was young, middle-aged or only well-preserved, no one was in a position to asseverate.
- Extract from : « Anderson Crow, Detective » by George Barr McCutcheon
- They asseverate with vehemence that in all the seven-and-thirty plays there is no such thing as a native woodnote wild.
- Extract from : « A Century of Science and Other Essays » by John Fiske
- And she was very glad also that he did not deign to asseverate that he had been ignorant of his half-sister's plight.
- Extract from : « Hilda Lessways » by Arnold Bennett
- And I hereby do fully and freely declare and asseverate, that the Woods did not tremble to a kiss, and that the lovers did.
- Extract from : « Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6) » by Thomas Moore
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