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# aver

«aver» in Mova's school dictionary: **to say something firmly, as if it were certainly true** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (avers, averred, averring)

### meaning for a pupil

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

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aver/#x1)
- The Editor still avers that he did not invent the stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aver/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «aver» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aver/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.