| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·ver |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -vûr |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: a·verred, a·ver·ring, a·vers
1. To affirm positively; declare. 2. Law a. To assert formally as a fact. b. To justify or prove. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English averren, from Old French averer, from Vulgar Latin *adv r re : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin vrus, true; see wr-o- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | a·verment —NOUN
a·verra·ble —ADJECTIVE
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