asseveration
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He defends himself, by the most solemn asseveration, against the charge that what he had seen was an illusion of the senses.
From A Literary History of the Arabs by Reynold Nicholson
"There can't nobody live in peace in them two blocks, Judge, your Honour," came the heated asseveration of the man in the witness chair.
From The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck
The use made of the word in the conversation of ancient Greece should be in easy recollection, bringing down as it did upon the Athenian people the accusation of being their popular oath of asseveration.
From A Cursory History of Swearing by Julian Sharman
"I didn't know," said Margaret, helplessly, wondering that the truth could sound so like a lie, but unable to fortify it by any asseveration.
From Boston Neighbours In Town and Out by Agnes Blake Poor
John indeed follows up his statement of what he saw with an unusually strong asseveration that what he says is true.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II by Marcus Dods
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