asseverate
Example Sentences
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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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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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When we will prove nothing by deeds, then we make speeches, and when we are disobedient in act, then we asseverate with words of love and reverence.
From The Youth of the Great Elector by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
That I long for a sight of your dear face, that I hunger for your touch and for your sweet voice, I need not tell you or further asseverate.
From Doctor Claudius, A True Story by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
As to whether she was young, middle-aged or only well-preserved, no one was in a position to asseverate.
From Anderson Crow, Detective by McCutcheon, George Barr
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.