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asseverate

Main Entry:: as·sev·er·ate
Pronunciation:: \ə-ˈse-və-ˌrāt\
Function:: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s):: as·sev·er·at·ed; as·sev·er·at·ing
Etymology:: Latin asseveratus, past participle of asseverare, from ad- + severus severe
Date:: 1749

: to affirm or declare positively or earnestly <he always asseverated that he did not know — G. K. Chesterton>

— as·sev·er·a·tion

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\-ˌse-və-ˈrā-shən\ noun

— as·sev·er·a·tive

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\-ˈse-və-ˌrā-tiv\ adjective

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