assevert (asever)

t. [ not only a ever eth it, but also endeavour eth... to set out the true proportion of it. Fother by, Atheomastix, p. 317. a everate (a-sev'er-at), v . t .; pret. and pp. as- severated , ppr. a everating . [L. a ever at us , pp. of a ever are : see a ever .) To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity. Charity nigh chokes Ere swallow what they both a everate ; Though down the gullet faith may feel it go. Browning, Ring and Book, I. 85. =Syn. A ert, Affirm, Declare, etc. (see a ert ); to say, allege, protest, insist, maintain. a everation (a-sev-e-ra's hon), n. [L. a e veratio (n-), an earnest declaration, "My God!" cried the monk, with a warmth of a ever a tion which seemed not to belong to him. Sterne , Sentimental Journey, p. 21. 2. That which is a everated; an emphatic a ertion. He [Leeds] denied with the most solemn a everations that he had taken any money for himself. Macaulay, Hist.. Eng., xxi. a everative