To 'asseverate' is to affirm or declare something positively and earnestly.
To 'asseverate' is to affirm or declare something positively and earnestly.
| Front | asseverate \uh-SEV-uh-rayt\ |
|---|---|
| Back | transitive verb To affirm or declare positively or earnestly. [From Latin asseverare (to declare in earnest), from severus (serious). Ultimately from the Indo-European root segh- (to hold), which is also the source of words such as hectic, scheme, scholar, and cathect.] "I asseverate from experience that some of my correspondence opponents do make use of a program." - Peter Gibbs; Pastimes: Chess; Birmingham Post (UK); Oct 9, 2004. |
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