asseverate
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prettygoodwordasseverate (uh-SEH-vuh-rayt) - v. to earnestly or solemnly declare or affirm.
Especially to do so with positive statements, for some reason. I've probably encountered it outside the novels of Georgette Heyer, but I can't think of where. From the late 18th century, from Latin assevērātus, spoken in earnest, past participle of assevērāre, from ad-, toward + sevērus, serious + verbal suffix.
---L.
Especially to do so with positive statements, for some reason. I've probably encountered it outside the novels of Georgette Heyer, but I can't think of where. From the late 18th century, from Latin assevērātus, spoken in earnest, past participle of assevērāre, from ad-, toward + sevērus, serious + verbal suffix.
---L.
