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aver.

To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/əˈvɜː/Received-Pronunciation/əˈvɝ/General-American
  1. To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.

    ambitransitive
  2. To justify or prove (an allegation or plea that one has made).

    ambitransitive
  3. To avouch, prove, or verify the existence or happening of (something), or to offer to do so.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English averren, from Old French averer, from Early Medieval Latin advērō, a verb derived from Latin vērus (“true”). Compare Modern French avérer.

noun/ˈeɪvə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈeɪvɚ/General-American
  1. A beast of burden; chiefly a workhorse, but also a working ox or other animal.

    UK · archaic · dialectal
  2. An old, useless horse; a nag.

    Northern-England · Scotland · archaic · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English aver, avere (“workhorse; any beast of burden (?); things which are owned, possessions, property, wealth; state of being rich, wealth; ownership, possession”) [and other forms], and then either: * from Old French aver, aveir, avoir (“possession, property; (collectively) beasts of burden; domestic animals; cattle”) (modern French avoir (“asset, possession”)), from aveir, avoir (“to have”), from Latin habēre (“to have, hold; to have, own (possessions)”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-, *ǵʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, take”); or * from Old English eafor (“workhorse; tenant’s obligation to transport goods”), further etymology uncertain.

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