aver

verb

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\ ə-ˈvər

averred; averring

Definition of aver

transitive verb

1 : to declare positively Mr. Murray avers that many large organizations in the private sector are run by curmudgeons like him …— Joseph Epstein

2 law

a : to verify or prove to be true in pleading a cause

b : to allege or assert in pleading

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Examples of aver in a Sentence

He averred that he was innocent. “I am innocent,” he averred.

Recent Examples on the Web The newspaper publisher and lexicographer Noah Webster averred that the pestilence emanated from the ash of a volcanic eruption in Sicily. — Frederick Kaufman, The New Yorker, "Pandemics Go Hand in Hand with Conspiracy Theories," 13 May 2020 The management avers that a 52-week season is no longer viable, and that the orchestra needs to reduce to a 40-week season to survive. — Washington Post, "BSO, after choppy summer, embraces fate and voodoo in exuberant opener," 30 Sep. 2019 That premise would aver that the 1960s, one of the most turbulent and traumatic decades in this country’s recent history, ended on December 31, 1970. — al, "The night the original punks came to Birmingham," 19 Nov. 2019 One cynical academic averred that politicians will always opt for showy handouts rather than unsexy long-term solutions, however inefficient that may be. — The Economist, "Indian states are testing a new way of setting development priorities," 14 June 2018 Albert Einstein, the greatest nuclear physicist of the 20th century and an unlikely fashion muse, once averred. — Madeline Fass, Vogue, "How to Make Plaid Look Rad This Season," 25 Dec. 2018 On the face of it, this would suggest that Floridians do not, as so many have averred, possess a unique brand of weirdness compared to the rest of the country. — Chris Wilson, Time, "It Turns Out People From Florida Are Better at Guessing if a 'Florida Man' Story Really Happened in Florida," 24 July 2019 On the face of it, this would suggest that Floridians do not, as so many have averred, possess a unique brand of weirdness compared to the rest of the country. — Chris Wilson, Time, "It Turns Out People From Florida Are Better at Guessing if a 'Florida Man' Story Really Happened in Florida," 24 July 2019 When Puccio left for the private sector a few months later, the Daily News reported that his former boss at the Justice Department, David Margolis, averred that Puccio could indeed get that proverbial ham-sandwich indictment. — Ben Zimmer, WSJ, "‘Indict a Ham Sandwich’ Remains on the Menu for Judges, Prosecutors," 1 June 2018

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