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asseverate

[uh-sev-uh-reyt] / əˈsɛv əˌreɪt /
VERB
state categorically
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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)

And I hereby do fully and freely declare and asseverate, that the Woods did not tremble to a kiss, and that the lovers did.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

No one appeared to think it worth while to asseverate the fact, for it was self-evident.

From Black Ivory by Pearson, Francis B.