asseverate

Example Sentences

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

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

—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

When we will prove nothing by deeds, then we make speeches, and when we are disobedient in act, then we asseverate with words of love and reverence.

From The Youth of the Great Elector by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

I ain't afeard av the ball," he hastened to asseverate; "it's the kick av it that murthers me.

From Overland by De Forest, J. W. (John William)

It has more solemnity than declare, and more composure and dignity than asseverate, which is to assert excitedly.

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