aver

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aver

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++a·ver /əˈvɜː $ əˈvɜːr/ verb (averred, averring) [transitive] formalTRUE to say something firmly and strongly because you are sure that it is true 断言；坚称 SYN declare→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

aver• His mission, he would later aver, was wholly scientific.Origin aver (1300-1400) Old French averer, from Medieval Latin adverare “to show to be true”, from Latin ad- “to” + verus “true”

a·ver verbChineseSyllable

to Corpus say and firmly strongly something

aver
a‧ver /əˈvɜː $ əˈvɜːr/

verb (past tense and past participle averred, present participle averring) [transitive]

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: averer, from Medieval Latin adverare 'to show to be true', from Latin ad- 'to' + verus 'true'

formal to say something firmly and strongly because you are sure that it is true
SYN declare

aver

BrE

/əˈvɜː(r)/

NAmE

/əˈvɜːr/

verb

present simple - I / you / we / they

aver

BrE

/əˈvɜː(r)/

NAmE

/əˈvɜːr/

present simple - he / she / it

avers

BrE

/əˈvɜːz/

NAmE

/əˈvɜːrz/

past simple

averred

BrE

/əˈvɜːd/

NAmE

/əˈvɜːrd/

past participle

averred

BrE

/əˈvɜːd/

NAmE

/əˈvɜːrd/

-ing form

averring

BrE

/əˈvɜːrɪŋ/

NAmE

/əˈvɜːrɪŋ/

~ that… |

~ sth |

+ speech

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formal

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to state firmly and strongly that sth is true 断言；确认

SYN

,

◆She averred that she had never seen the man before. 她斩钉截铁地说以前从未见过这个男人。