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(ə-vûr') pronunciation
tr.v., a·verred, a·ver·ring, a·vers.
  1. To affirm positively; declare.
  2. Law.
    1. To assert formally as a fact.
    2. To justify or prove.

[Middle English averren, from Old French averer, from Vulgar Latin *advērāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin vērus, true.]

averment a·ver'ment n.
averrable a·ver'ra·ble adj.

verb

    To put into words positively and with conviction: affirm, allege, argue, assert, asseverate, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, hold, maintain, say, state. Idioms: have it. See affirm/deny/argue.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

To specifically allege certain facts or claims in a pleading.

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IN BRIEF: Verb- Affirmed or declared in a positive confident manner.

pronunciation The woman was dying, averred the sympathetic other man. — yourdictionary.com

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - bedyre, forsikre, erklære

Nederlands (Dutch)
met klem beweren, bewijzen

Français (French)
v. tr. - affirmer, déclarer

Deutsch (German)
v. - behaupten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διατείνομαι, ισχυρίζομαι, διακηρύσσω, (νομ.) αποδεικνύω, εξελέγχω

Italiano (Italian)
affermare, dichiarare, provare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - afirmar, comprovar, declarar

Русский (Russian)
утверждать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - afirmar, declarar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - bedyra, bevisa

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
断言, 主张

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 斷言, 主張

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 확언하다, 증언하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 断言する, 主張する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يثبت, يجزم, يؤكد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮טען, אישר, אמר בביטחון, הצהיר‬


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