asseveration

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With this asseveration he rose erect and entered boldly among the bushes, while Nelatu concealed himself behind them.

From The White Squaw by Reid, Mayne

"I didn't know," said Margaret, helplessly, wondering that the truth could sound so like a lie, but unable to fortify it by any asseveration.

From Boston Neighbours In Town and Out by Poor, Agnes Blake

But whereas the Entente Powers have supported their official case by documentary evidence we are asked to accept mere asseveration in the case of Germany.

From Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916 by Various

An asseveration made in this tone excludes the supposition of inaccuracy or careless vagueness, and the specific statements have all the force of sworn evidence.

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard

Just at this moment, Julia's absurd shufflings, and equivocations, and barefaced changes from one asseveration to another fill her with wrath.

From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess