asseverate
Example Sentences
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Why merely say something, when they can declare, assert, expostulate, announce, or asseverate it?
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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—At this, the Boy suffered some Confusion, then to asseverate, My Tutor is deceased, Sir.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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And I hereby do fully and freely declare and asseverate, that the Woods did not tremble to a kiss, and that the lovers did.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas
It has more solemnity than declare, and more composure and dignity than asseverate, which is to assert excitedly.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
The phrase "to bear in hand" for "to asseverate," was still frequently used in the reign of Charles II.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.