averment

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)

From Middle English averement, from Old French averrement, averement, from averer (Modern French avérer).

But, as the dragon is held a fabulous animal, I suld pronounce her averment to rest upon deceptio visus." — The Pirate: Andrew Lang Edition, Walter Scott
It makes the strange averment that all the Low-Country gentlemen and border clans wore tartan, and gives sets of them all. — The Journal of Sir Walter Scott: From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford, Walter Scott
It is true that the law may proclaim the first marriage to be the only legal one: but morality revolts against such an unnatural averment. — The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4, George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

assertion, asseveration

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