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Asseverate

To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.

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Manner of action 5

Allege 76% connected

To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Aver 76% connected

A work horse, or working ox.

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Predicate 76% connected

To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.

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Proclaim 76% connected

To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Say 76% connected

Saw.

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Broader term 1

Insist 76% connected

To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon.

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Affirmer 74% connected

One who affirms.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Affirmer 74% connected

One who affirms.

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Averment 74% connected

The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Averment 74% connected

The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Assert 92% connected

To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Maintain 92% connected

To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintai…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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