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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

That I long for a sight of your dear face, that I hunger for your touch and for your sweet voice, I need not tell you or further asseverate.

From Doctor Claudius, A True Story by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

It is so with matters of fact about which you asseverate so positively to us, as if they were matters of opinion.

From The Crimes of England by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

How wise was his nightly habit, as he settled himself in bed before falling asleep, to asseverate with a sigh of thankfulness that no man living was more contented and healthier than he!

From Apologia Diffidentis by Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock)




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