asseverate, v.
(əˈsɛvəreɪt)
[f. L. assevērāt- ppl. stem of assevērāre: see assever and -ate3.]
To affirm solemnly, assert emphatically, declare positively, avouch, aver: a. with subord. clause.
| 1791 D'Israeli Cur. Lit. 36 They asseverated they saw no child. 1860 B. Powell Ess. & Rev. (ed. 2) 141 If the most numerous ship's company were all to asseverate that they had seen a mermaid. |
b. with simple obj.
| a 1847 R. Hamilton Rew. & Punishm. viii. (1853) 406 If the doctrine of the preceding argument be true, let it be asseverated. 1876 E. Mellor Priesth. iv. 179 To asseverate his previous statement with increased emphasis. |