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VERB (2)

1. report or maintain;
- Example: "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"
- Example: "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"
- Example: "The registrar says that I owe the school money"
[syn: allege, aver, say]

2. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true;
- Example: "Before God I swear I am innocent"
[syn: affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Aver \A"ver\ ([=a]"v[~e]r), n. [OF. aver domestic animal, whence
   LL. averia, pl. cattle. See Habit, and cf. Average.]
   A work horse, or working ox. [Obs. or Dial. Eng.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.]
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   2. (Law) To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or
      justify. See Averment.
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   3. To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive
      manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.
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            It is sufficient that the very fact hath its
            foundation in truth, as I do seriously aver is the
            case.                                 --Fielding.
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            Then all averred I had killed the bird. --Coleridge.
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   Syn: To assert; affirm; asseverate. See Affirm.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

aver
    v 1: report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a
         crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war";
         "The registrar says that I owe the school money" [syn:
         allege, aver, say]
    2: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before
       God I swear I am innocent" [syn: affirm, verify,
       assert, avow, aver, swan, swear]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

56 Moby Thesaurus words for "aver":
   acknowledge, affirm, allege, announce, annunciate, argue, assert,
   assever, asseverate, attest, avouch, avow, bear witness, certify,
   contend, declare, defend, depone, depose, disclose, enunciate,
   express, give evidence, have, hold, insist, issue a manifesto,
   justify, lay down, maintain, manifesto, nuncupate, predicate,
   proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest, put, put it, quote, recite,
   relate, say, set down, speak, speak out, speak up, stand for,
   stand on, state, submit, swear, testify, vouch, warrant, witness