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aver

verb as in maintain

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It’s quietly common in amateur sports and, he avers, though most organizations ban or discourage it, marijuana use is also well-known in pro sports.

The first leg of that relay, Drabelle avers, was run by Frederick Law Olmsted — the same Olmsted who “magicked” the makeover of Central Park and other urban oases.

Northam avers that he’s not a foodie, so he doesn’t view this as a tremendous hardship.

Other than her son, producer Jesse Huot, with whom she works, Cantor avers that Tharp “hasn’t really had long-term relationships or anything.”

Griffin avers that the opposite proved to be the case — that because Folger is a center of imaginative investigation, her productions found a receptive audience inside the institution as well as among Washington-area theatergoers.

Those who have heard them on the stump aver that they never heard better speakers.

They aver that "the good spirit" Moora-Moora made a number of small black lizards, liked them, and promised them dominion.

Men would say I spoke from spite, and perhaps some even might aver that I was myself the cause of my daughter's ruin.

The aver-penny, or average-penny, was contributed towards the king's averages, or money given to be freed thereof.

The rustic aid-de-camps of the household used to aver that all fertilizing matters "leached" through it.

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On this page you'll find 57 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to aver, such as: affirm, assert, avouch, claim, contend, and declare.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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