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asseveration

[uh-sev-uh-ray-shuhn] / əˌsɛv əˈreɪ ʃən /


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Now did not you deny in the Tower unto me with earnest asseveration, that you had not any conference with Hall, until the witness was produced against you, and then you confessed it?

From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by John Gerard

Heaton, 4th Jurist, new series, page 708, for the distinguishment between the words of asseveration and the essential words of an oath.

From The True Story of my Parliamentary Struggle by Charles Bradlaugh

She scarcely knew what to make of this tender asseveration, and she said nothing.

From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Wilhelmine von Hillern

Its originality is simply an asseveration of paternity.

From Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music by Charles Gounod

No; not from this moment," said Mr. Merridew, characteristically seeking to justify his former asseveration, "when not for a single moment have I ceased to bless him for preserving my darling's life.

From Denis Dent A Novel by Ernest W. Hornung


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