affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
(verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; “Before God I swear I am innocent”
allege, aver, say
(verb) report or maintain; “He alleged that he was the victim of a crime”; “He said it was too late to intervene in the war”; “The registrar says that I owe the school money”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
aver (third-person singular simple present avers, present participle averring, simple past and past participle averred)
To assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner.
(legal) To prove or justify a plea.
(obsolete) To avouch, prove, or verify; to offer to verify.
aver (plural avers)
(obsolete) Possessions, property, belongings, wealth.
aver (plural avers)
(dialectal) A work-horse, working ox, or other beast of burden.
• AVRE, Rave, Vera, evar, rave, vare, vera
Source: Wiktionary
A"ver, n. Etym: [OF. aver domestic animal, whence LL. averia, pl. cattle. See Habit, and cf. Average.]
Definition: A work horse, or working ox. [Obs. or Dial. Eng.]
A*ver", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Averred (p. pr. & vb. n. Averring.] Etym: [F. avérer, LL. adverare, averare; L. ad + versus true. See Verity.]
1. To assert, or prove, the truth of. [Obs.]
2. (Law)
Definition: To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See Averment.
3. To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth. It is sufficient that the very fact hath its foundation in truth, as I do seriously aver is the case. Fielding. Then all averred I had killed the bird. Coleridge.
Syn.
– To assert; affirm; asseverate. See Affirm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 June 2024
(verb) include or contain; have as a component; “A totally new idea is comprised in this paper”; “The record contains many old songs from the 1930’s”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
