aver
English
/əˈvɜː/, /ˈeɪ.və/, /ˈeɪ.vɚ/
verb
Definitions
- To assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner.
- (legal) To prove or justify a plea.
- (obsolete) To avouch, prove, or verify; to offer to verify.
Etymology
Derived from French avérer derived from Latin *advērāre root from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁- (true, benevolent, blow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*weh₁-
Gloss
true, benevolent, blow
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- averrable English
- averral English
- averrer English
- havior English
- unaverred English
- unverified English
- veridical English
- verifiable English
- verification English
- verify English
- verisimilar English
- verisimilitude English
- veritably English
- voir dire English
- *advērāre Latin
- verac- Latin
- verifico Latin
- veritabilis Latin
- verus Latin
- vēritās Latin
- vēritātem Latin
- vērāx Latin
- avverare Italian
- avérable French
- avérer French
- adverar Spanish, Castilian
- *weh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *weh₁ros Proto-Indo-European
- *lugô Proto-Germanic
- *wēingan- Proto-Germanic
- wǣrloga Old English
- havour Middle English
- averrement Old French
- verdit Old French