aver

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /əˈvɜː/

Verb

Plain form aver

Third-person singular avers

Past tense averred

Past participle averred

Present participle averring

1. (transitive) If you aver something, you say that it must be true.

   The defendant averred that they did not know that the document was forged.

Related words

• averment