averment
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Unless and until Utah impeaches his credibility, that averment is accepted by us descendants of the man.
From Time Magazine Archive
I looked incredulous, and almost hinted at insanity; but the young nobleman still persevered in his averment.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various
The resolutions in question were published in the city papers and can be referred to in substantiation of this averment.
From The Pullman Boycott A Complete History of the R.R. Strike by W. F. Burns
"Had they?" said Reuben, thoughtfully, pondering if there did not lie somewhere in this averment the basis for some new moral adjustment of his own conduct.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 by Various
That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive ?tatement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
