Aver

(n.) A work horse, or working ox.

(v. t.) To assert, or prove, the truth of.

(v. t.) To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See Averment.

(v. t.) To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth.

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• Pareamo aver qui tutto il ben raccolto Che fra mortali in piu parte si rimembra. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I believe, sir, if she were dying, she would smile, and aver, 'Nothing ails me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Wouldn't have offended either gentleman for the world, she averred. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• No one ventured on board the vessel, and strange sights were averred to be seen at night, walking the deck, and hanging on the masts and shrouds. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Something or somebody has been here, was sagely averred. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The public was skeptical, however, and some averred that he was a lightning calculator who did sums in his head and printed them on the machine. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• She averred they were a mystery to herself, and that what she knew was chiefly from conjecture. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He said I was a capricious witch, and that he would rather sing another time; but I averred that no time was like the present. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• A Pisan antiquarian gave me an ancient tear-jug which he averred was full four thousand years old. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Which 'Tom' denied; averring that he should always be equally proud of it, under all circumstances. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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