Aver Definition

ə-vûr
averred, averring, avers
verb
averred, averring, avers
To affirm positively; declare.
American Heritage
To declare to be true; state positively; affirm.
Webster's New World
To assert formally as a fact.
American Heritage
To state or declare formally; assert; allege.
Webster's New World
To formally assert as a fact, such as in a pleading; to allege.
Webster's New World Law
noun
Wiktionary

(dialectal) A work-horse, working ox, or other beast of burden.

Wiktionary

Origin of Aver

  • Middle English averren from Old French averer from Vulgar Latin advērāre Latin ad- ad- Latin vērus true wērə-o- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French aveir (French avoir), substantive use of the verb, from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō (“I have, hold, keep”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From French avérer, from Late Latin *advērāre, from ad + vērus (“true”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Related to Late Latin averia (“cattle”).

    From Wiktionary

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