to aver

Examples

• All

• "Hospitaller tradition," he says, "avers that we were the only European group that was allowed to stay after the crusaders were defeated."

  Academic text (2002)

• Conflict, Fink avers, is an essential ingredient in every successful narrative.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Worse, they aver that the INC no longer does much for the opposition cause.

  Academic text (1999)

• If the law avers that it cannot, then "the law is an ass."

  Academic text (1997)

• Every poet avers that he has seen it once with his own eyes.

  Academic text (2007)

• Many are complaining, but the county avers they cannot live with less revenue.

  Blog text (11)

• After he got the drift of the conversation, he said, "I would aver that the perplexing problem is much more complicated, gentlemen."

  Fiction book (1991)

• Educational institutions aver that they have a more collegial process in which faculty members interact to produce well-educated students.

  Academic text (1992)

• Government, these new libertarian conservatives aver, doesn't and can't produce jobs; only the private sector can.

  Blog text (3)

• As Toni Morrison avers, "The world does not become raceless or will not become unracialized by assertion."

  Academic text (2014)

Synonyms

S

to say

vsto aver

∞ 1.0

Speak words to show information or feelings

is specifically a confident, forceful declaration not neutral speech

S

to swear

vsto aver

• Formal

∞ 4.6

To make a serious promise, often in court

is a forceful claim rather than a solemn oath

A

to allege

vsto aver

• Literature

497 5.3

To say that something is true without giving proof

is used when claims are made confidently with force

A

to assert

vsto aver

229 3.9

To clearly and firmly say your needs or opinions

is stronger and more forceful in tone

A

to affirm

vsto aver

108 4.1

To state clearly that something is true or show support for it

is more about forceful assertion of truth than support

A

to avow

vsto aver

• Formal

4 7.6

To say something openly, often in a formal way

is used with stronger force rather than public ceremony

A

to avouch

vsto aver

• Archaic

1 9.9

To say clearly and without doubt that something is true

is often more measured and less blunt

A

to asseverate

vsto aver

• Formal

9.9

To say something firmly and seriously

is similar but often less emphatic

How Forceful

to insist

∞ 2.8

to aver

• Formal

2 7.9

to assert

229 3.9

to suggest

∞ 1.6

Surface Forms

Etymology