aver
ay ver
- v report or maintain
- v to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
- Henry IVs plotters do not just plan to split their loot (the realm); like law clerks, they aver that "our indentures tripartite are drawn" and "sealed interchangeably.
- Notre Dame authorities aver that none of Bockne's stars Gipp, Miller, Layden, Stuhldreher, Crowley, Flanagan, etc.
- The best western composers have contributed scores for the Grove plays and Bohemians aver that much beautiful music is thereby lost to the world, as the plays are seldom given .