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AVERMENT

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a⋅ver⋅ment

  [uh-vur-muhnt]
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–noun
1. the act of averring.
2. a positive statement.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME averrement < MF. See aver, -ment
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a·ver   (ə-vûr')   
tr.v.   a·verred, a·ver·ring, a·vers

  1. To affirm positively; declare.

  2. Law

    1. To assert formally as a fact.

    2. To justify or prove.


[Middle English averren, from Old French averer, from Vulgar Latin *advērāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin vērus, true; see wērə-o- in Indo-European roots.]
a·ver'ment n., a·ver'ra·ble adj.
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