averment

Example Sentences

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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

And the oath prescribed for them on returning was explicitly an averment of truth.

From The Ordinance of Covenanting by Cunningham, John

Sabine says the truth of this averment may be doubted.

From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.

Signally has this averment received illustration in the course of recent events.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Tho conscience-stricken culprit, being taken by surprise, and almost imagining this a supernatural intimation from heaven, exclaimed, in trembling accents— "But who are you that makes this averment?"

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various