aver C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /əˈvɝ/ UK /əˈvɜː/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to state or assert positively as true The witness continued to aver that he had seen nothing. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to state or assert... assertaffirmdeclaremaintaincontendavowinsiststate ↔ Opposites denydisavowrefutecontradict Word family Derived forms avermentaverring Related forms verityverifyveritableverdict Etymology AI details From Old French averer ('to verify'), from Vulgar Latin *adverare ('to prove true'), from Latin ad- ('to') + verus ('true'). *adverare Latin verus Latin *weh₁- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # aver **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /əˈvɝ/ **IPA (UK):** /əˈvɜː/ ## Meanings 1. to state or assert positively as true ## Examples - The witness continued to aver that he had seen nothing. ## Synonyms - assert - affirm - declare - maintain - contend - avow - insist - state ## Antonyms - deny - disavow - refute - contradict ## Derived Forms - averment - averring ## Related Forms - verity - verify - veritable - verdict ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *adverare - Root: verus - Root: *weh₁- ## Etymology From Old French averer ('to verify'), from Vulgar Latin *adverare ('to prove true'), from Latin ad- ('to') + verus ('true'). ## AI Etymology Aver is from Old French averer ('to verify'), from Vulgar Latin *adverare ('to prove true'), from Latin ad- ('to') + verus ('true'). Important recorded forms include *adverare (Latin), verus (Latin), and *weh₁- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to state or assert positively as true. The wider family includes derived forms such as averment and averring and related words such as verity, verify, veritable, and verdict. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown