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Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-sev-uh-rey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : əˌsɛv əˈreɪ ʃən



Definition of asseveration

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Latin asseverationem (nominative asseveratio) "vehement assertion, protestation," noun of action from past participle stem of asseverare (see asseverate).
  • noun assertion
Example sentences :
  • Francois I. used for asseveration, On the word of a gentleman.
  • Extract from : « Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama » by E. Cobham Brewer
  • It has not occurred to her that his words are a question rather than an asseveration.
  • Extract from : « April's Lady » by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
  • We cannot say if absolute faith is to be put in this asseveration; but it is possible.
  • Extract from : « The Town » by Leigh Hunt
  • With all his asseveration he does nothing to convince us that he was ever at Windsor, or that, if so, he was glad to be there.
  • Extract from : « Windsor Castle » by Edward Thomas
  • No better confirmation could be had of the fact, than the patient's own asseveration.
  • Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 6, December 1837 » by Various
  • The other man kept up the argument by spitting and by asseveration.
  • Extract from : « Letters from America » by Rupert Brooke
  • She then repeated her asseveration that she would now do it effectually if he disappointed her.
  • Extract from : « Amelia » by Henry Fielding
  • I venture to add, with all possible energy of asseveration, that I did that thing, Nim.
  • Extract from : « Quodlibet » by John P. Kennedy
  • If Hubert was stung by this asseveration, he did not show it.
  • Extract from : « A Life Sentence » by Adeline Sergeant
  • It was impossible to persuade him that such an asseveration could be false.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 5, No. 28, February, 1860 » by Various

Synonyms for asseveration

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