asseveration
Example Sentences
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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 Sharman, Julian
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 Nicholson, Reynold
"Is not what I intimate most true, Mr. Bamford?" asked Mr. Bayne, turning to him for confirmation of his asseveration.
From A Singular Metamorphosis by Skiles, May Evelyn
As is often the case, details achieved what mere bald asseveration of fact would have failed in.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
To swear by her name was to give to the asseveration the sanctity of inviolable truth.
From Women of England by James, Bartlett Burleigh
