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Definition of Asseveration
1. Noun. A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary).
Generic synonyms: Declaration
Specialized synonyms: Claim, Claim, Accusation, Charge, Contention, Ipse Dixit, Ipsedixitism, Affirmation, Avouchment, Avowal, Testimony, Denial, Disaffirmation
Derivative terms: Assert, Asseverate, Aver
Definition of Asseveration
1. n. The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration.
Definition of Asseveration
1. Noun. An earnest affirmation or declaration of support.(rfex) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Asseveration
1. [n -S]
Literary usage of Asseveration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Current Superstitions: Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking by Fanny Dickerson Bergen, William Wells Newell (1896)
"asseveration. 60. A CHILD to whom is told any story which he considers remarkable
will ... The first speaker answers by some formula or asseveration, as, ..."
2. Dictionary of the Kiniassa Language by John Rebman, Johann Ludwig Krapf, Church Missionary Society (1877)
"... a ward of asseveration or swearing, probably composed of the words fcu fa, to
die, ... asseveration is still stronger, when the words "fcu ..."
3. International Law; Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States in Peace by Henry Wager Halleck (1861)
"Use of an oath or asseveration — § 3. Conditions to make a treaty binding — §4.
Attempts of the Popes to annul the obligation of treaties — § 5. ..."
4. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1916)
"He then entered into a careful examination of the testimony in the case, and
concluded with a solemn asseveration, that what he had declared to General ..."
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