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# aver

verb (avers, averred, averring)

«aver» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To aver is to say something firmly, as if it were certainly true. This is an old or formal word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aver/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales a character states a claim with confidence; today we would say «said» or «claimed».

### Examples

- «There is no one can run like Caelte,» one man averred. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aver/#x1)
- The Editor still avers that he did not invent the stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aver/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «aver» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aver/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aver» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aver.html) on Mova free.