Asseverate

v. t.

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To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity. [imp. & p. p. Asseverated ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Asseverating ( ).]

Verb

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asseverate - state categorically Synonyms: assert, maintain

acknowledge, affirm, allege, announce, annunciate, argue, assert, assever, attest, aver, avouch, avow, bear witness, certify, confess, contend, declare, depone, depose, disclose, enunciate, express, express the belief, give evidence, have, hold, insist, issue a manifesto, lay down, maintain, manifesto, nuncupate, predicate, proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest, put, put it, quote, recite, relate, say, set down, speak, speak out, speak up, stand for, stand on, state, submit, swear, testify, vouch, vow, warrant, witness