asseverate
Example Sentences
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—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
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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
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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 Fernald, James Champlin
He could asseverate with some justice, "I have never written an insincere note."
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul
He could hardly, for his confusion, asseverate the "Yes," when Rabette came running in with the almost unsuitably accented tidings, that the mother was coming.
From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.