aver
/əˈvɜː/ · verb
Meaning
- To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.
- To justify or prove (an allegation or plea that one has made).
- To avouch, prove, or verify the existence or happening of (something), or to offer to do so.
- A beast of burden; chiefly a workhorse, but also a working ox or other animal.
- An old, useless horse; a nag.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English averren, from Old French averer, from Early Medieval Latin advērō, a verb derived from Latin vērus (“true”). Compare Modern French avérer.
- avérer(French)→
- vērus(la)→
- advērō(la-eme)→
- averer(Old French)→
- averren(enm)→
- *weh₁-(ine-pro)→
- aver (English)
- Relations: root, inh, der, der, der, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- 'havior(English) (cog)
- aver(Occitan) (cog)
- àere(Sardinian) (cog)
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