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

No one appeared to think it worth while to asseverate the fact, for it was self-evident.

From Black Ivory by Pearson, Francis B.

They lacked a definite opinion to entertain and a cry to asseverate.

From In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays by Birrell, Augustine

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