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aver Definition

aver (ə vʉr′)

transitive verb averred′, aver′·ring

  1. to declare to be true; state positively; affirm
  2. Law to state or declare formally; assert; allege

Etymology: ME averren < OFr averer, to confirm < L ad-, to + verus, true: see very

aver Related Forms
aver′·ment noun
aver Law Definition

v

To formally assert as a fact, such as in a pleading; to allege.
aver Usage Examples

Preposition: that

  • pursuer: In Article 9 of Condescendence, it is averred that the pursuer in fact had a defense to the action for payment.
  • defender: The pursuers aver that the defenders were late in completing the contract works.

Preposition: in

  • petition: These grounds were not averred in the petition and it was therefore incompetent in so far as relating to the 1989 award.

Modifying Another Word

  • not: In those circumstances, it is said, the pursuer has not averred that he was a primary victim of the incident.
  • also: They also aver: " Further the claimants incurred various costs and expenses in removing from the subjects " .
  • then: PS then avers, " the anarchist movement is...a current that still has much to learn from other radical tendencies and social movements.
  • that: The sleevenotes ( John Tobler I seem to recall ) of that Lovin ' Spoonful compilation averred that ' Do You Believe In Magic?
  • again: Indeed, he again averred that so long as the wise and prudent Stalin was alive Russia would adhere to her treaties.

Object

  • time: It could well be that the averred times of tribulation lie not in the future they might be happening right now.
  • age: Numbers attending the all-age Eucharist had gone up ( on aver age 10 extra communicants compared to other Sundays ).
  • man: The woman was dying, averred the sympathetic other man.
  • year: Debbie's back condition had progressively become worse aver the years.