Hypertext Webster Gateway: "averred"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Aver \A*ver"\ ([.a]*v[~e]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Averred}
([.a]*v[~e]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Averring}.] [F. av['e]rer,
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}.

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