asseverate
11asseverate — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To put into words positively and with conviction: affirm, allege, argue, assert, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, hold, maintain, say, state. Idiom: have it. See AFFIRM …
12asseverate — To declare …
13asseverate — as·sev·er·ate || É™ sevÉ™reɪt v. declare; affirm …
14asseverate — v. a. Aver, affirm, declare, protest, maintain, avow. See assert …
15asseverate — verb (transitive + that) to state something very firmly and seriously …
16asseverate — v declare earnestly or solemnly, assert, affirm, state emphatically, say, aver, avow; avouch, assure, guarantee, certify, uphold, maintain; profess, propound, protest, pronounce, proclaim, predicate; depose, testify, attest, allege …
17asseverate — as·sev·er·ate …
18asseverate — as•sev•er•ate [[t]əˈsɛv əˌreɪt[/t]] v. t. at•ed, at•ing to declare earnestly or solemnly • Etymology: 1785–95; < L assevērātus, ptp. of assevērāre to declare as•sev er•a′tion, n. as•sev′er•a tive əˌreɪ tɪv, ər ə tɪv adj …
19asseverate — /əˈsɛvəreɪt / (say uh sevuhrayt) verb (t) (asseverated, asseverating) to declare earnestly or solemnly; affirm positively. {Latin assevērātus, past participle} …
20asseverate — v.t. affirm; declare. ♦ asseveration, n. ♦ asseverative, a …