Sekirov Dictionary

aver

UK /əˈvɜː/US /əˈvɝ/

verb 3
/ˈeɪvɚ/ noun 2
forms 8

verb3

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To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.
- Chiron, the four-legg'd Bard, had both / A Beard and Tail of his own growth; / And yet by Authors 'tis averr'd, / He made use onely of his Beard. — 1662
To justify or prove (an allegation or plea that one has made).
(no longer used) To avouch, prove, or verify the existence or happening of (something), or to offer to do so.

aver

UK /ˈeɪvə/US /ˈeɪvɚ/

noun2

(dialect, no longer used) A beast of burden; chiefly a workhorse, but also a working ox or other animal.
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(dialect, no longer used) An old, useless horse; a nag.
- […] Gilbert has but two half-starved cowardly peasants to follow him, and but an auld jaded aver to ride upon, fitter for the plough than for manly service; […] — 1820

forms

avered · averred · averredst · avering · averring · averreth · avers · averrest

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