Hypertext Webster Gateway: "asseverate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Asseverate \As*sev"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Asseverated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Asseverating}.] [L. asseveratus, p. p. of
asseverare to assert seriously or earnestly; ad + severus.
See {Severe}.]
To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.
Syn: To affirm; aver; protest; declare. See {Affirm}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
asseverate
v : state categorically [syn: {assert}, {maintain}]
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