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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All this flashed through her mind with lightning rapidity while Mr. Dehnicke continued to asseverate his friendship for Walter, and look at her with his round eyes in undesirous adoration.
From The Song of Songs by Sudermann, Hermann
As to whether she was young, middle-aged or only well-preserved, no one was in a position to asseverate.
From Anderson Crow, Detective by McCutcheon, George Barr
He could asseverate with some justice, "I have never written an insincere note."
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.