asseverate

—At this, the Boy suffered some Confusion, then to asseverate, My Tutor is deceased, Sir.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Why merely say something, when they can declare, assert, expostulate, announce, or asseverate it?

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

What is the relative force of affirm and assert? asseverate? aver? assure?

From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald

Be a man, sir, and asseverate your independence.

From Frank Oldfield Lost and Found by Theodore P. Wilson

You would, of course, asseverate your innocence——" "Of course I should.

From In the Onyx Lobby by Carolyn Wells

In the Daily Mail in 2007, Humphrys asseverated that “vandals” who use “grotesque abbreviations” in their text messages are “pillaging our punctuation; savaging our sentences; raping our vocabulary”.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2016

Sometimes, Ms. Silveri asseverated, “ ‘she said’ is just the very best way to say that.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2015

Premier Herriot asseverated that there was no pact which in any way invalidated any provision of the Treaty of Versailles.

From Time Magazine Archive

He asseverated that he would not jeopardize the interests of French citizens for the sake of winning advantages which some firms might derive from trading with Russia.

From Time Magazine Archive

With the derringer lying newly in his grasp, his eyes steadily on his father’s slightly anxious gaze, Charles asseverated that he would faithfully attend every instruction.

From The Bright Shawl by Joseph Hergesheimer

Afterwards he ate the most astonishing dinner imaginable, loudly asseverating that he was as right as nine-pence and sick of slops.

From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough

I had only wasted time in asseverating that barren reefs are twice as plentiful as half-tucker reefs; ten times as plentiful as wages reefs; and a hundred times as plentiful as pile reefs.

From Such Is Life by Joseph Furphy

"Don't be alarmed, don't be alarmed; I'm not mad, by God, I'm not mad," the captain kept asseverating excitedly.

From The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The speaker was a countryman, who appeared to have been asseverating something regarded by the rest of the company as greatly in need of confirmation.

From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Richard Garnett

"Yes, you did," cry I, passionately, asseverating what I have so lately and passionately denied.

From Nancy by Rhoda Broughton