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
"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 alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment I thought their allegation but reasonable.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
It occurred to me to ask for an explanation—an additional averment as confirmation of its truth; but, before I could recover myself, it was too late—the boat was almost beyond hail.
From Ran Away to Sea by Mayne Reid
A man's asking a passport for Baden would be a tacit averment, 'I am going to gamble.'
From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Charles James Lever
