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How to pronounce aver in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms allege, say
Type of maintain, asseverate, assert
Has types plead
Type Words
Synonyms affirm, assert, avow, swan, swear, verify
Type of declare
Has types hold, protest, take, tell, assure, attest, claim, declare
Derivation averment

Examples of aver

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And, I would aver, just as the British conquest of the Falklands is a done deal.
From the economist.com
Each year, Pet$aver donates more than $40,000 in products and services.
From the democratandchronicle.com
It seems far-fetched to aver that the G8 is the equal of BMW's 5 Series.
From the usatoday.com
Don't be so dumb as to aver that this would NEVER happen in the USA.
From the newsfeed.time.com
The Cornhuskers are aver-aging a Big Ten-best 292 rushing yards.
From the suntimes.com
She was, as so many of the cards and posters and messages on the railings of the palace aver, one of us.
From the buzz.yahoo.com
Dark Shadows has put the bite on a rapidly-rising audience that now aver ages 15 million viewers a week.
From the time.com
Nor is Poland's foreign policy as objectionable as some aver.
From the economist.com
Shanghai officials aver that there is no property bubble.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Allege: 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"
  • Affirm: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
  • Possessions, property, belongings, wealth; A work-horse, working ox, or other beast of burden; To assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner; To prove or justify a plea; To avouch, prove, or verify; to offer to verify
  • 1. draught horse, old horse. 2. to assert as fact in proceedings.
  • To specifically allege certain facts or claims in a PLEADING.
  • To assert for the truth; to state in positive terms; to allege formally. See Averment (below).
  • An animal used in agriculture
  • To assert a statement as true