1. aver
verb. ['ˈeɪvɝ'] report or maintain.
Synonyms
- asseverate
- plead
- assert
- say
- allege
Antonyms
- burden
- saddle
- charge
- lodge
Etymology
- aveir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- habeo (Latin)
- avérer (French)
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Words that Rhyme with Aver
- disfavor
- lefevre
- lefever
- lafavre
- flavor
- waiver
- savr
- savor
- savir
- favre
- favor
- faivre
How do you pronounce aver?
Pronounce aver as ˈeɪvər.
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Example sentences of the word aver
1. Preposition or subordinating conjunction
Other experts aver that the cost-savings from unplugging devices may not be worth the effort.
Quotes containing the word aver
1. I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men.I attack the monsters, the phantoms of imagination that have ruled the world. I attack slavery. I ask for room -- room for the human mind.
- Robert G. Ingersoll, The Ghosts and Other Lectures
2. aver
verb. ['ˈeɪvɝ'] to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.
Synonyms
- affirm
- take
- assert
- avow
- tell
- attest
- assure
- claim
- swear
- hold
- declare
- swan
- protest
Antonyms
- negate
- invalidate
- disprove
- pack
Etymology
- aveir (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- habeo (Latin)
- avérer (French)