3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aver \A"ver\ ([=a]"v[~e]r), n. [OF. aver domestic animal, whence
LL. averia, pl. cattle. See {Habit}, and cf. {Average}.]
A work horse, or working ox. [Obs. or Dial. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aver \A*ver"\ ([.a]*v[~e]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Averred}
([.a]*v[~e]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Averring}.] [F. av['e]rer,
LL. adverare, averare; L. ad + versus true. See {Verity}.]
1. To assert, or prove, the truth of. [Obs.]
2. (Law) To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or
justify. See {Averment}.
3. To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive
manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.
It is sufficient that the very fact hath its
foundation in truth, as I do seriously aver is the
case. --Fielding.
Then all averred I had killed the bird. --Coleridge.
Syn: To assert; affirm; asseverate. See {Affirm}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
aver
v 1: report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a
crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the
war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"
[syn: {allege}, {say}]
2: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before
God I swear I am innocent" [syn: {affirm}, {verify}, {assert},
{avow}, {swan}, {swear}]
[also: {averring}, {averred}]