asseverate

[ uh-sev-uh-reyt ]
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verb (used with object),as·sev·er·at·ed, as·sev·er·at·ing.
  1. to declare earnestly or solemnly; affirm positively; aver.

Origin of asseverate

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First recorded in 1785–95; <Latin assevērātus “spoken in earnest” (past participle of assevērāre ), equivalent to as- as- + sevēr- (see severe) + -ātus -ate1

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How to use asseverate in a sentence

  • She did not asseverate any more, nor even say she was innocent.

    Sue, A Little Heroine | L. T. Meade
  • And I hereby do fully and freely declare and asseverate, that the Woods did not tremble to a kiss, and that the lovers did.

  • "He and Bertha Petterick are together, that is why he is so late," the fiend would asseverate.

    The Beth Book | Sarah Grand
  • And she was very glad also that he did not deign to asseverate that he had been ignorant of his half-sister's plight.

    Hilda Lessways | Arnold Bennett
  • "She belongs to the machine," he would asseverate with warmth.

    Little Aliens | Myra Kelly

British Dictionary definitions for asseverate

asseverate

/ (əˈsɛvəˌreɪt) /


verb
  1. (tr) to assert or declare emphatically or solemnly

Origin of asseverate

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C18: from Latin assevērāre to do (something) earnestly, from sevērus severe

Derived forms of asseverate

  • asseveration, noun

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