asseveration

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The only five minutes during which he had appeared really awake had been when some one in the smoking-room repeated Julian Grant's asseveration that the German atrocity stories were "faked."

From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth

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 Hillern, Wilhelmine von

Then, as though her asseveration had slightly mollified her, she added: "Or if I do——" and, then paused.

From A Modern Wizard by Ottolengui, Rodrigues

"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

Its originality is simply an asseveration of paternity.

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