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    To aver is to say something in a firm, sure way, as if you will stand by it. It is not a casual 'I think.' It is closer to 'I state this as true.' You will almost only meet it in formal writing, law, and quite serious reporting. A lawyer may aver that the facts are such-and-such. Ordinary people do not aver at the dinner table; they say, claim, or insist. Though actually, even insist feels warmer and more everyday. Aver is cool and official. It has nothing to do with average (the middle number), and nothing to do with averse (not liking something) — those only look like neighbours.

    斷言、堅稱(書面、法律用語)

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組成From Middle English averren, from Old French averer, from Early Medieval Latin advero, a verb from Latin verus (true).

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  • verifyto check that something is true
  • veryfrom the same Latin verus, true
  • verdicta court's spoken decision; a 'true-saying'

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aververb詞源 1/əˈvɜː/

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    To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.

    • A rare thing to ſee a yong man or woman, that liues idlely, and fares well, of what condition ſoeuer, not to bee in loue. Vbicumqꝫ ſecuritas, ibi libido dominatur, luſt & ſecurity domineere together, as Sᵗ Hierome auerreth.
    • Now as to the Scriptures being the Word of God, and evidently known to be ſo, or evidencing themſelves to be ſo, and that of right, and properly they are to be ſo called; all which thou J. O. very abſolutely averreſt, […]
  • 2

    lawTo justify or prove (an allegation or plea that one has made).

  • 3

    obsoleteTo avouch, prove, or verify the existence or happening of (something), or to offer to do so.

    • […] I return'd with ſimular proofe enough, / To make the Noble Leonatus mad, / By wounding his beleefe in her Renowne, / With tokens thus, and thus: auerring notes / Of Chamber-hanging, Pictures, this her Bracelet / (Oh cunning how I got) nay ſome markes / Of ſecret on her perſon, that he could not / But thinke her bond of Chaſtity quite crack'd, / I hauing tane the forfeyt.
    • Upon a time the Body summon'd all the Members to meet in the Guild for the common good (as Aesops Chronicles averre many stranger Accidents) the head by right takes the first seat, and next to it a huge and monstrous Wen little lesse than the Head it selfe, growing to it by a narrower excrescency.

avernoun詞源 2/ˈeɪvə/

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    archaicdialectalA beast of burden; chiefly a workhorse, but also a working ox or other animal.

  • 2

    archaicdialectalAn 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; […]

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