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averring

VERB

maintain

Synonyms

STRONG

affirm assert avouch claim contend declare emphasize insist justify predicate proclaim prove state swear verify

Antonyms

STRONG

deny disclaim discredit disprove forget question

Example Sentences

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What did that even mean?—something akin to the counsel averring that “there is no sky.”

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2017

I’ve heard from more than one reader over the years averring that an orchestra’s role is simply to play the music of Beethoven, Brahms and their ilk: Forget contemporary stuff, much less diversity.

From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2016

In Washington elder Statesman Bernard Baruch, adviser on reconversion, prepared to break his peace, averring only in advance that the Government agencies which had wound the machine up should preside at its unwinding.

From Time Magazine Archive

The prosecutors kept the Bible out of discussion by averring that the Bible did not constitute the rule of faith except as interpreted by the Church.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pitt took their side, averring that sport was a relaxation well suited to the higher Orders of State, but likely to entice farmers away "from more serious and useful occupations."

From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland