asseverative (aseverativ)

[ Jean Thompson looked at his wife, whose applause he prized, and she answered by an a everative to of the head. G. W. Cable, Old Creole Days, p. 71. a ever a tory (a-sev'er-a-tō-ri), a. [ a ever ate +-ory.] Of the nature of an a everation; solemnly or positively affirming or averring. After divers warm and a ever a tory answers made by Mr. Atkins, the captain stopped short in his walk. Roger North , Examen, p. 247. a -head (as'hed), n. One who is dull, like the a ; one slow of apprehension; a blockhead. Will you help an a - head , and a coxcomb, and a knave? a thin-faced knave, a gull? Shak., T. N., v. 1. a ibilate (a-sib'i-lāt), v . t .; pret. and pp. a ib ilated , ppr. a ibilating . [ as sib i lat us , pp. of a ibilare , whisper at or to, ad , to, + sib i lare , whisper: see sibilant . The E. sense of a ibilate depends on that of sibilant .] To render sibilant, as a sound; change into a sibilant or hi ing sound; alter, as a sound, by the phonetic proce called a ibilation. The term may be applied to the whole word so affected: as, church is an a ibilated form of kirk.