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averral

averral noun: the act of averring; an assertion of truth.

Noun

averral (plural averrals)

  1. (nonstandard) The act of averring; an assertion of truth.
    • To be sure, the potentially transubstantiationist averral "God shall strengthen all the feeble knees" provides closure for "Easter Communion," a sonnet of Lent 1865.1988, Jeffrey B. Loomis, Dayspring in Darkness, page 26
    • This has been considered evidence against the concept that contacted tumor cells tend to continue unimpeded in their forward movement, despite the averral of Abercrombie (1979) that it is irrelevant whether the superimposition of cells occurs by overlapping or by underlapping as long as cell...1989, Esmond J. Sanders, The Cell Surface in Embryogenesis and Carcinogenesis, page 143
    Synonyms:
    avowal

Synonyms of averral

Forms of averral

pluralaverrals

Origin of averral

From aver + -al, influenced by avowal.

Questions about averral

What does averral mean?
Averral means the act of averring; an assertion of truth.
What part of speech is averral?
Averral is a noun.
What is the plural of averral?
The plural of averral is averrals.

Words near averral in the dictionary

  1. averot
  2. averoth
  3. averpennies
  4. averpenny
  5. averrable
  6. averral
  7. averrals
  8. averred
  9. averredst
  10. averrer
  11. averrers

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