asseverate
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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
If the Cardinal argued the case, the Prince would asseverate, after his manner, and some sort of result was sure to follow.
From Saracinesca by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
The phrase "to bear in hand" for "to asseverate," was still frequently used in the reign of Charles II.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander
"Wh-why, nobudy ever heard me talkin' things that's tol' in secret," Mike made haste to asseverate.
From The Lookout Man by Bower, B. M.
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