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aver(2)(dictionary)
aver(dictionary)

aver(2) (iou)



aver verb2 trans. Infl. -rr-. LME.
[Old & mod. French averer, from A-5 + veir, voir from Latin verus true.]
Declare true. LME-M17.
Prove true; confirm. LME-L17.
Law. Prove or justify (a plea etc.); make an averment that. LME.
Assert as a fact; state positively, affirm. L16.
P. Sidney How often doe the Phisitians lye, when they auer things good for sicknesses. R. Bentley Which being..within the reach of my own Knowledge, I do averr to be a Calumny. Coleridge They all averr'd I had killed the Bird That brought the fog and mist. G. P. R. James What one author avers upon the subject, another denies. Baroness Orczy A brilliant matrimonial prize for which, as all chroniclers aver, there had been many competitors.
Assert the existence or occurrence of. arch. E17.
Milton ?sop's Chronicles auer many stranger Accidents.
averrable adjective M16.