aver
/əˈvɜː/US/əˈvɝ/
aver verb: to assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.
Verb
aver (third-person singular simple present avers, present participle averring, simple past and past participle averred)
- To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.
- A rare thing to ſee a yong man or woman, that liues idlely, and fares well, of what condition ſoeuer, not to bee in loue. Vbicumqꝫ ſecuritas, ibi libido dominatur, luſt & ſecurity domineere together, as Sᵗ Hierome auerreth.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Causes of Heroicall Loue, Temperature, Full Diet, Idlenesse, Place, Climat, &c.”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford...
- Now as to the Scriptures being the Word of God, and evidently known to be ſo, or evidencing themſelves to be ſo, and that of right, and properly they are to be ſo called; all which thou J. O. very abſolutely averreſt, […]1660, Samuel Fisher, “[Rusticus ad Academicos in Exercitationibus Expostulatoriis, Apologeticis Quatuor. The Rustick’s Alarm to the Rabbies: Or, The Country Correcting the University and Clergy, and...
- Synonyms:
- swear
- To justify or prove (an allegation or plea that one has made).
- To avouch, prove, or verify the existence or happening of (something), or to offer to do so.
- […] I return'd with ſimular proofe enough, / To make the Noble Leonatus mad, / By wounding his beleefe in her Renowne, / With tokens thus, and thus: auerring notes / Of Chamber-hanging, Pictures, this her Bracelet / (Oh cunning how I got) nay ſome markes / Of ſecret on her perſon, that he could not...1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- Upon a time the Body summon'd all the Members to meet in the Guild for the common good (as Aesops Chronicles averre many stranger Accidents) the head by right takes the first seat, and next to it a huge and monstrous Wen little lesse than the Head it selfe, growing to it by a narrower excrescency.1641 May, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC...
Noun
UK/ˈeɪvə/US/ˈeɪvɚ/
aver (plural avers)
- A beast of burden; chiefly a workhorse, but also a working ox or other animal.
- An old, useless horse; a nag.
- […] Gilbert has but two half-starved cowardly peasants to follow him, and but an auld jaded aver to ride upon, fitter for the plough than for manly service; […]1820 March, [Walter Scott], chapter VIII, in The Monastery. A Romance. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Co., and John...
aver meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
aver in Tamil
- உறுதியாகச் சொல், உறுத்திச் சொல், மெய்யெனக்கூறு, உறுதியளி, வற்புறுத்திக்கூறுக்ஷீ மெய்யெனக் காட்டு, எண்பி
aver in Urdu
- تصدیق کرنا
aver in Malayalam
- സത്യമാണെന്നു ഉറപ്പിച്ചു പറയുക
aver in Kannada
- ನನ್ನಿಯೆನ್ನು
More languagesFewer languages
- aver in Sanskrit
- वश् vaś
Examples of aver in a sentence
- Chiron, the four-legg'd Bard, had both / A Beard and Tail of his own growth; / And yet by Authors 'tis averr'd, / He made use onely of his Beard.1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]. Canto II.”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London...
- [T]he partial Infidel […] averreth the Sleep or Inſenſibility of the Soul both in good and bad perſons, from the time of their Deceaſe hence until their Reſurrection; […]1701, Lawrence Smith, “[First Discourse on 2 Timothy 1:10]”, in The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Or, The Immortality of the Human Soul, and...
- The Devil, I safely can aver, / Has neither hoof, nor tail, nor sting; / Nor is he, as some sages swear, / A spirit, neither here nor there, / In nothing—yet in everything.1819, Miching Mallecho [pseudonym; Percy Bysshe Shelley], “Peter Bell the Third”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy...
- An Irish author avers that the Earl of Leicester, on bended knees, did likewise present to her highness another horn, pertaining to a land beast of the unicorn nature.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Cetology”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers...
Synonyms of aver
Forms of aver
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | avers |
| present participle | averring |
| past participle | averred |
| past | averred |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | averrest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | averredst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | averreth |
| Noun | |
| plural | avers |
Origin of aver
From Middle English averren, from Old French averer, from Early Medieval Latin advērō, a verb derived from Latin vērus (“true”). Compare Modern French avérer.
From Middle English aver, avere (“workhorse; any beast of burden (?); things which are owned, possessions, property, wealth; state of being rich, wealth; ownership, possession”) [and other forms], and then either: * from Old French aver, aveir, avoir (“possession, property; (collectively) beasts of burden; domestic animals; cattle”) (modern French avoir (“asset, possession”)), from aveir, avoir (“to have”), from Latin habēre (“to have, hold; to have, own (possessions)”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-, *ǵʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, take”); or * from Old English eafor (“workhorse; tenant’s obligation to transport goods”), further etymology uncertain.
Words formed from aver
Words that rhyme with aver
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- per
- purr
- birr
- bur
- cellular
- concur
- defer
- entrepreneur
- incur
- infer
- occur
- prefer
- were
- whirr
- brr
- cur
- deter
- diaperfur
- err
- fir
- myrrh
- aberr
- astir
- bestir
- chauffeur
- chur
- churr
- curmur
- deburr
- farceur
- flurr
- force majeure
- froideur
- grr
- her
- hurr
- inter
- knur
- masseur
- profer
- shirr
- voyeur
- xir
- agripreneur
- artpreneur
- auteur
- Big Sur
- bras d'honneur
Questions about aver
- What does aver mean?
- Aver means to assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.
- What is aver in Tamil?
- Aver in Tamil is உறுதியாகச் சொல், உறுத்திச் சொல், மெய்யெனக்கூறு. See Aver meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use aver in a sentence?
- Chiron, the four-legg'd Bard, had both / A Beard and Tail of his own growth; / And yet by Authors 'tis averr'd, / He made use onely of his Beard.
- What part of speech is aver?
- Aver can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce aver?
- Aver is pronounced /əˈvɜː/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of aver?
- The past tense of aver is averred.
Words near aver in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aver (page history and authors); aver (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aver (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aver (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aver (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); वश् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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